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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$23,944 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,486 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the wildlife programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Wildlife Management

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for wildlife management students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University

$23,767 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NMSU Main Campus are $23,767 a year.

Full Wildlife Management at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Best Wildlife Management Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 38
Arizona 0
New Mexico 7

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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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