2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in Montana

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in Montana for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 2,449 people earned their degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States.

Across Montana, there were 111 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 11 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,873 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in Montana for a Master’s” 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in Montana for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana 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 Montana

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

#1 overall quality in Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in Montana for a Master’s. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 8 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

#2 overall quality in Montana

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in Montana for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. UM is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 3 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.