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Fishery Management at Purdue University-Main Campus

If you are interested in studying Fishery Management, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University-Main Campus. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue University-Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, IN.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 54 fishery management degrees were granted at Purdue University-Main Campus.

Online Class Availability at Purdue University-Main Campus

Many students take online classes at Purdue University-Main Campus. Among 58,658 students, 4,902 (8%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 16,751 (29%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for Fishery Management graduates at Purdue University-Main Campus, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Fishery Management graduates at Purdue University-Main Campus are 70% women (38) and 30% men (16).

Fishery Management Bachelor’s Program at Purdue University-Main Campus

Among the 54 bachelor’s fishery management graduates at Purdue University-Main Campus, 70% were women (38) and 30% were men (16).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Fishery Management bachelor’s degree recipients at Purdue University-Main Campus.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	42
Hispanic / Latino	3
Black / African American	2
Asian	3
Two or More Races	2
International (Nonresident)	1
Unknown	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 19% of Fishery Management bachelor’s degree recipients at Purdue University-Main Campus, higher than the national average of 11%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Highest-Paying Careers for Fishery Management Graduates

Students who finish Fishery Management program at Purdue University-Main Campus pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Fishery Management majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Fishing and Hunting Workers	$51,869
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$36,803

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.