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2023 Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Schools

10 Colleges
$29,766 Avg Salary
$26,788 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fisheries Sciences 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 Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Schools ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Fisheries Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Colleges.

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the most popular school for fisheries sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Schools list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Out of the 10 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

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#4

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Out of the 10 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Maryland Eastern Shore did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fisheries sciences students. Located in the fringe town of Princess Anne, UMES is a public college with a small student population.

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Utah State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Schools ranking. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fisheries sciences students. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Schools ranking. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Fisheries Sciences by Region

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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 10 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.

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