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2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,331 people earned their degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management, making the major the 267th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 355 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 22 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU - I, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Idaho is $6,287 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend USU is $13,297 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $13,528 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #4 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UM is $17,049 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $19,616 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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