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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$38,608 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Wildlife Management School for You

Wildlife Management is the #204 most popular major in the country with 323 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for wildlife majors pursuing a .

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Wildlife Management

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for wildlife management students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great value for wildlife management students. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year.

Michigan State also claimed a spot on our Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Michigan State University

Best Wildlife Management Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 22
Wisconsin 9

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Wildlife Management is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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