by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 338 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,143 and $20,133 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 4 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree wildlife students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 11 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. BYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 6 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Montana is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 masters’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife degrees to 43 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
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