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2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$7,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor's in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,331 people earned their degree in wildlife management, making the major the 181st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, wildlife management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,370 and had an average of $20,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 28 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The wildlife school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $7,133 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAF.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Wildlife Management Report

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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.

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