Wildlife Management at Michigan State University

What traits are you looking for in a wildlife school? To help you decide if Michigan State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's wildlife program.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received their master's degree in wildlife.

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

Michigan State Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Wildlife
• Doctorate Degree in Wildlife

Michigan State Wildlife Management Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in wildlife, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Michigan State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at Michigan State University.

Michigan State Wildlife Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 wildlife majors earned their master's degree from Michigan State. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from Michigan State, 63% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the wildlife master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan State University with a master's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Forestry
• Natural Resource Management

Careers That Wildlife Grads May Go Into

A degree in wildlife can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Conservation Scientists	370	$63,460
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	320	$65,220
Fish and Game Wardens	200	$58,740
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	40	$95,920

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.