2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

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 for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Michigan, there were 90 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,600 and $27,919 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Michigan State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

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

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