2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region
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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Wildlife Management is the 186th most popular major in the country with 2,446 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Southeast region, there were 667 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,747 and $19,748 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree wildlife students.
Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 4 doctorate’s wildlife 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full University of Florida Wildlife Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s wildlife students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Clemson Wildlife Management Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 85 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Mississippi State University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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