2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 175 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,450 and $20,104 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa State University Wildlife Management Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,715 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at South Dakota State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (With Aid)

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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