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2022 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Wildlife Management is the 181st most popular major in the country with 2,331 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southwest region, there were 306 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,700 and $21,632 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified ’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,317 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Tech University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech University Wildlife Management Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M University - College Station

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified ’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $8,650 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Stephen F Austin State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 35 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $6,896 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 33 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,013 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M University - Commerce

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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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