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2022 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

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306 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 $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 Southwest region, there were 306 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,421 for Southwest Region Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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 #2 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 also took the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephen F Austin State University is $13,644 for Southwest Region Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $48-$75k.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 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. It costs about $10,235 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NMSU Main Campus.

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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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 33 ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M Commerce has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,033 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M Commerce.

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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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