by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 483 people earned their degree in fisheries sciences, making the major the 290th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, fisheries sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,766 and had an average of $26,788 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 192 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,283 and $32,761 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in fisheries sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fisheries sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellingham Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 associates’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region list. MHCC is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 14 associates’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Mt. Hood Community College
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #3 spot on the list. UAS is located in Juneau, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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