2023 Best Wildlife Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Wildlife Biology for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 528 people earned their degree in wildlife biology, making the major the 563rd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Wildlife Biology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife biology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the wildlife biology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Wildlife Biology for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Wildlife Biology for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying wildlife biology.

Top 2 Best Wildlife Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

1,606 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,701 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Wildlife Biology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s wildlife biology students in 2020-2021.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife Biology Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State, 1,606 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,183 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,701. During this same period, 68 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Colorado State]](/colleges/colorado-state-university-fort-collins/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

21 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Wildlife Biology for a Master’s list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife biology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife Biology Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, UMaine supports 11,741 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,419. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMaine offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UMaine]](/colleges/university-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.