2023 Best Wildlife Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
49
Degrees Awarded
$28,109
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Wildlife for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,449 people earned their degree in wildlife management, making the major the 186th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 693 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,747 and $22,549 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 49 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Wildlife for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Wildlife for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Wildlife for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Wildlife Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Wildlife for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Haywood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Clyde, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wildlife degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Haywood Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Haywood Community College supports 1,440 students, and 59 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,608. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Haywood Community College]](/colleges/haywood-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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