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

Wildlife Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #369 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 bachelor's degrees in wildlife biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to wildlife biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of wildlife biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized wildlife biology related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Wildlife Biology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Wildlife Biology

1

Lees - McRae College
Banner Elk, NC

48 Annual Graduates

Lees - McRae College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology. Lees - McRae College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Banner Elk.More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife biology from Lees - McRae College

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

21 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is a great option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg.More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife biology from Liberty University

Best Wildlife Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife biology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	453	35
Virginia	421	15
South Carolina	370	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Wildlife Biology

One of 5 majors within the Zoology area of study, Wildlife Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	176
Animal Behavior & Ethology	62
Entomology	24

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.