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2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 306 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,700 and $21,632 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 ’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $13,326 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas Tech

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 $30-$48k. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 42 ’s wildlife 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 yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 ’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

SFASU also made our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $10,816 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on 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 $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 35 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,006 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 33 degrees to qualified ’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce also took the #5 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $10,580 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on 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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