by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 144 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,370 and $23,283 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 138 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in fisheries sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in fisheries sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The fisheries school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. Lake Superior State University is a small school located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan that handed out 29 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Lake Superior State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Marquette, Michigan, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fisheries students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Fisheries Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fisheries students in 2020-2021.
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