2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Wildlife Management School for You
In 2020-2021, 323 people earned a degree or certificate in wildlife management, making the major the #204 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Wildlife Management Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for wildlife students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Wildlife Management Colleges.
Top 10 Best Wildlife Management Schools
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for wildlife management students. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best wildlife management schools in the United States. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Dakota State are $12,809 a year.
South Dakota State also claimed a spot on our Best Wildlife Management Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.
The excellent programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best wildlife management schools in the United States. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
Clemson undergraduate students pay an average of $38,550 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Clemson also is in the top 20% of our Best Wildlife Management Schools ranking.
The excellent programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best wildlife management schools in the United States. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USU are $23,435 a year.
Oregon State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Schools list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.
Oregon State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,579 in tuition and fees each year.
Arkansas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Wildlife Management Schools ranking. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATU are $13,636 per year.
Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for wildlife management students. It came in at #8 on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $25,446 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Wildlife Management Schools list.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Wildlife Management Schools ranking. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,664 per year.
Mississippi State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for wildlife management students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a very large student population.
Mississippi State undergraduate students pay an average of $24,900 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at Mississippi State University
Wildlife Management by Region
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Wildlife Management Related Majors for Wildlife
Wildlife Management is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Wildlife
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Natural Resources Conservation | 3,724 |
Natural Resource Management | 1,073 |
Forestry | 486 |
Fisheries Sciences | 106 |
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) | 32 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.
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