Fisheries Sciences at University of Idaho

If you plan to study fisheries sciences, take a look at what University of Idaho has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and approximately 10,791 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,738 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Idaho in 2021, 12 of them were fisheries sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fisheries Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

U of I Fisheries Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fisheries

U of I Fisheries Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks fisheries programs across the country. The following shows how U of I performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The fisheries major at U of I is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fisheries Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9

Earnings of U of I Fisheries Graduates

The median salary of fisheries students who receive their bachelor's degree at U of I is $24,509. This is less than $27,857, which is the national average of all fisheries majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Fisheries Student Demographics at U of I

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fisheries majors at University of Idaho.

U of I Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 fisheries majors earned their bachelor's degree from U of I. Of these graduates, 92% were men and 8% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fisheries at U of I are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its fisheries bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Idaho with a bachelor's in fisheries.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

U of I also has a doctoral program available in fisheries. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Wildlife Management
• Natural Resource Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Fisheries Grads May Go Into

A degree in fisheries can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ID, the home state for University of Idaho.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	180	$45,230

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Davidlharlan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.