2025 Best Wildlife Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in wildlife management, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #208 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Wildlife Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 126 master's degrees in wildlife management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Wildlife Management School for Your Master's Degree

The wildlife master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on wildlife management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other wildlife management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for wildlife management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized wildlife management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for wildlife management students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Wildlife Management Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Wildlife Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in wildlife management.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Wildlife

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

55 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in wildlife management. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville.More information about a master’s in wildlife management from University of Florida

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

51 Annual Graduates

$47,819 Median Starting Salary

Clemson University is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in wildlife management. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the wildlife program report average early career income of $47,819.

More information about a master’s in wildlife management from Clemson University

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

12 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in wildlife management. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the town of Mississippi State.More information about a master’s in wildlife management from Mississippi State University

Best Wildlife Management Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife management colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	16
Tennessee	166	7
South Carolina	146	46
Mississippi	145	14
Arkansas	121	5
West Virginia	112	9

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Wildlife Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Natural Resources & Conservation area of study, Wildlife Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Wildlife Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management	126

Majors Similar to Wildlife

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation	600
Natural Resource Management	388
Forestry	199
Fisheries Sciences	25

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli. More about our data sources and methodologies.