2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

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 Far Western US region, there were 372 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,863 and $17,720 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wildlife management.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree wildlife students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 10 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at UAF

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region. Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Full Oregon State Wildlife Management Report

3

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Wildlife Management Report

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

• *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.

Credits

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