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2023 Best Value Fisheries Sciences Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$29,459 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,451 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fisheries Sciences Master'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Fisheries Sciences Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for fisheries students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fisheries Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Fisheries Sciences

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.

Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Fisheries Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list.

Full Fisheries Sciences at Virginia Tech Report

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 15% of our Best Fisheries Sciences Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for fisheries sciences students working on their master’s degree. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Fisheries Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fisheries Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Oregon State are $29,420 a year.

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#5

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New England is a great value for fisheries sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNE are $29,352 a year.

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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 5 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ootahara.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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