2023 Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Indiana
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Ranked Colleges
40
Degrees Awarded
$21,754
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Fisheries for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Indiana, there were 40 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,754 and $23,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,857 and $26,625 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fisheries sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Fisheries for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Fisheries for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Fisheries for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Indiana
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Fisheries for a Bachelor’s list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fisheries students in 2020-2021.
Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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