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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$25,836 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region

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In 2021-2022, 2,446 people earned their degree in wildlife management, making the major the 186th most popular in the United States. In , wildlife management graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,447 and had an average of $21,250 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 269 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,120 and $22,296 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 187 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their wildlife management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 65 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

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Otterbein University
Westerville, Ohio

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Otterbein University landed the #2 spot on the list. Otterbein University is a small school located in Westerville, Ohio that handed out 20 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Otterbein University

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Michigan Technological University Wildlife Management Report

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Michigan State University Wildlife Management Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 22 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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