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2022 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 9 ’s wildlife degrees 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. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,421 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 22 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k list, SFASU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFASU is $13,644 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at SFASU

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 42 degrees to qualified ’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Texas A&M College Station

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified ’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,235 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

Full NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k 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 public school situated in Commerce, Texas. It awarded 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. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Commerce is $14,033 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M 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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