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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region for a Master's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Fisheries Sciences is the 290th most popular major in the country with 483 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 5 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,363 and $22,673 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

To top this list, a school must have a successful fisheries sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree fisheries students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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