Wildlife Management isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #186 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of wildlife management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 68 degrees in wildlife management annually.
Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Wildlife Management Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.
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Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the wildlife degree levels they offer.
Unity College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in wildlife management. Located in the rural area of New Gloucester, Unity is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the wildlife program earn an average of $29,312 in the first couple years of their career.
University of Maine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in wildlife management. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduating, wildlife degree recipients generally make around $27,636 in their early careers.
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).