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2022 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management is the 267th most popular major in the country with 2,331 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 306 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas Tech University is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,326 for Southwest Region Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas Tech University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 42 ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for Southwest Region Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 94%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,816 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 35 ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $7,006 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 33 degrees to qualified ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Commerce is $10,580 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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).
  • 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%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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