2021 Best Wildlife Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
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Finding the Best Wildlife Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Wildlife Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in wildlife. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Wildlife Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
University of Florida has taken the #1 spot in this year's wildlife management ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 22,865 students take at least one class online at UF. 11,205 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a very large student population. UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region rankings.
About 1.1% of UT Knoxville students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,626 students take at least one class online at UT Knoxville. 3,889 students are part time.
West Virginia University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Morgantown. As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at WVU is lower than is typical, just 2.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,100 students take at least one class online at WVU. 3,190 of WVU students are attending part time.
Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best wildlife management schools for non-traditional students. Mississippi State is a very large public school located in the remote town of Mississippi State. Mississippi State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 6,015 students at Mississippi State that take at least one class online. 4,224 of Mississippi State students are attending part time.
Tennessee Technological University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public school with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tennessee Tech University, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 1.2% of Tennessee Tech University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,609 students at Tennessee Tech University that take at least one class online. 1,966 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Arkansas Tech University. ATU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Russellville. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ATU has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 3,435 students take at least one class online at ATU. 4,090 of ATU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Virginia Tech as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. Virginia Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 19,796 students take at least one class online at Virginia Tech. About 2,831 of the students at Virginia Tech are attending part time.
University of Georgia landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best wildlife management schools for non-traditional students. UGA is a very large public school located in the city of Athens. UGA also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region rankings.
About 0.8% of UGA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,742 students take at least one class online at UGA. There are roughly 4,437 part time students in attendance at UGA.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Eastern Kentucky University. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Eastern has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. There are approximately 5,888 students at Eastern that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,026 part time students in attendance at Eastern.
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).
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