Wildlife Management at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study wildlife management, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Wildlife

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Rankings

Wildlife Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a master’s in wildlife from NMSU Main Campus in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from NMSU Main Campus, 71% 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 29% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Conservation Scientists	220	$68,710
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	180	$58,730

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.