by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 29 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in fisheries sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fisheries sciences.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Paul Smith’s College is located in Paul Smiths, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small school located in Cobleskill, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Juniata College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Juniata is located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Del State is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 0 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
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