Wildlife Management at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 53,372. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 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.

UF Wildlife Management Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UF

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UF offers distance education options for wildlife at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UF Wildlife Management Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in wildlife, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Wildlife Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Wildlife Management Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who graduated with a master’s in wildlife from UF in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from UF, 75% 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 13% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Forestry

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	1,370	$51,950
Conservation Scientists	1,020	$40,620

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.