2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 2,446 people earned their degree in wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 194 wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Plains States Region

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at South Dakota State

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Ames, Iowa, and it awarded 3 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, 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 88%.

Full Iowa State Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.