2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Southwest Region

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 340 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Southwest Region

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management

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.