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Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in the Plains States Region

2 Colleges
$28,674 Avg Salary
$23,031 Avg Student Debt

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'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Wildlife Management program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Wildlife Management Colleges.

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the most popular school for wildlife management students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

Full Wildlife Management at South Dakota State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great place for wildlife management students. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

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Best Wildlife Management Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife management schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Iowa 4
South Dakota 5

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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