2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Great Lakes Region for a Master’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 the Great Lakes region, there were 245 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Great Lakes Region

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

#14 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 8 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full UW - Madison Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

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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.