by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 194 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,674 and $21,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree wildlife students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Ozarks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region. Point Lookout, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valley City State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region. Valley City State University is a public institution located in Valley City, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at Valley City State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bemidji State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region. Bemidji State University is a small school located in Bemidji, Minnesota that handed out 33 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #4 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at South Dakota State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota Wesleyan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 2 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Missouri Western State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Northwest Missouri State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Northwest Missouri State University is a public institution located in Maryville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 25 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Missouri State University - Springfield
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