2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management is the 270th most popular major in the country with 2,449 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across South Dakota, there were 44 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 39 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. To top this list, a school must have a successful wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in South Dakota

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 36 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

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Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at Dakota Wesleyan University

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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

• *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.