Is a Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management degree worth it?
Across 9 schools, graduates of Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management earn a median $49,281 five years out on $23,250 of debt — most often working as First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$49,281
Median debt
$23,250
Years to pay off
5.1
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
28%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
-1.1%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
30.1%
$59,787 vs $41,797
Net price
$15,171/yr
Debt-test failures
14.3%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$19,168
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.