Fisheries Sciences at University of Florida

What traits are you looking for in a fisheries school? To help you decide if University of Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's fisheries program.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 53,372. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received their master's degree in fisheries.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fisheries Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UF Fisheries Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Fisheries
• Doctorate Degree in Fisheries

Online Classes Are Available at UF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UF does offer online courses in fisheries for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UF Fisheries Sciences Rankings

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in fisheries, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Fisheries Student Demographics at UF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fisheries majors at University of Florida.

UF Fisheries Sciences Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in fisheries from UF. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

Of the students who received a fisheries master's degree from UF, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the fisheries master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Florida with a master's in fisheries.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Wildlife Management
• Forestry

Careers That Fisheries Grads May Go Into

A degree in fisheries can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	870	$47,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.