2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
14Master's Degrees
Fisheries Sciencesmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #260 out of the 326 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the most popular for fisheries sciences students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 14 master's degrees in fisheries sciences during the 2019-2020 academic year.
Choosing a Great Fisheries Sciences School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in fisheries matters.
We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Far Western US Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.
While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality fisheries sciences program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.
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Featured Fisheries Sciences Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Alaska Fairbanks if you want to pursue a master's degree in fisheries sciences. UAF is a moderately-sized public university located in the small suburb of Fairbanks. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in fisheries sciences in Alaska.
There were roughly 7 fisheries sciences students who graduated with this degree at UAF in the most recent year we have data available.
You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Oregon State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in fisheries sciences. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Corvallis. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in fisheries sciences in Oregon.
There were about 7 fisheries sciences students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).