by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Wildlife Management is the 186th most popular major in the country with 2,449 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, wildlife management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,447 and had an average of $23,043 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 44 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,041 and $24,874 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,422 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular wildlife management programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The wildlife school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
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