2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Wildlife for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,901
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Wildlife for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Michigan, there were 74 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,901 and $26,890 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Wildlife for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife management programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Wildlife for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree vets studying wildlife.
Top 2 Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Wildlife for a Bachelor’s list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
Michigan State also made our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Michigan State supports 49,695 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Full Michigan State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Wildlife for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list.According to our most recent data, Michigan Tech supports 6,873 students, and 126 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 70 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,246. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Michigan Tech offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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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