2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 258 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,850 and $22,319 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife management programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 6 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State Wildlife Management Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $48-$75k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.

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