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Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Fisheries Sciences is the #258 most popular major in the country with 106 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Fisheries Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the fisheries master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the most popular school in the Southeast Region for fisheries sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 81% of the fisheries majors at the school.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fisheries sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

About 17% of the students majoring in fisheries at the school are women while 83% are male.

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Best Fisheries Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best fisheries sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 12
Florida 49
Louisiana 0

One of 5 majors within the area of study, fisheries sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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