2021 Best Wildlife Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
3Colleges
187Bachelor's Degrees
$32,285Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Wildlife Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Wildlife Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in wildlife. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife management programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Featured Wildlife Management Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
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 the Best Wildlife Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
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Featured Wildlife Management Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Michigan State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's wildlife management ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Michigan State has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. 6,517 of Michigan State students are attending part time.
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. UW - Stevens Point did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.2%. Approximately 3,974 students take at least one class online at UW - Stevens Point. 1,555 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Wildlife
One of 5 majors within the Natural Resources & Conservation area of study, Wildlife Management has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
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 the rest 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).