by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 6 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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 Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and it awarded 29 ’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Stevens Point is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 55 ’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #3 spot on the list. Nelsonville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fisheries degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified ’s fisheries students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fisheries degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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Eastern Michigan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s fisheries students in 2020-2021.
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