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2023 Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 106 people earned a degree or certificate in fisheries sciences, making the major the #258 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for fisheries majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Fisheries Sciences

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best school for fisheries sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fisheries sciences schools in the United States. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fisheries sciences schools in the United States. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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Fisheries Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Fisheries Sciences is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Fisheries

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Natural Resource Management 1,073
Forestry 486
Wildlife Management 323
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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