2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

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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 Plains States region, there were 161 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 2 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students.

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

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

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 the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

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

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at Iowa State University

• 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.