2025 Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in wildlife biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #369 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 51 bachelor's degrees in wildlife biology to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on wildlife biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other wildlife biology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized wildlife biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for wildlife biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Wildlife Biology in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Wildlife Biology

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

27 Annual Graduates

Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the town of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife biology from Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

University of Michigan - Flint
Flint, MI

18 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology needs to take a look at University of Michigan - Flint. UM Flint is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Flint.More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife biology from University of Michigan - Flint

Best Wildlife Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife biology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	11
Ohio	612	17

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Wildlife Biology Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Wildlife Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	606
Animal Behavior & Ethology	72
Entomology	29

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.