2025 Best Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in wildlife management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #139 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for wildlife management students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 175 bachelor's degrees in wildlife management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 - The number of wildlife management students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 bachelor'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 colleges for wildlife management students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Wildlife Management in California

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

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in Wildlife

1

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

77 Annual Graduates

$29,896 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of California - Davis if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in wildlife management. UC Davis is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Davis.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the wildlife program report average early career earnings of $29,896.

More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife management from University of California - Davis

2

Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA

98 Annual Graduates

$26,325 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in wildlife management has to take a look at Humboldt State University. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, wildlife bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $26,325 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife management from Humboldt State University

Best Wildlife Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Wildlife Management Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	226	0
Nevada	129	42
Alaska	75	14

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Wildlife Management Related Rankings by Major

Wildlife Management is one of 5 different types of Natural Resources & Conservation programs to choose from.

Wildlife Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management	175

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation	2,620
Natural Resource Management	139
Forestry	112
Fisheries Sciences	14

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.