2023 Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,900
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New England region, there were 149 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 145 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management.
Top 4 Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, UMaine supports 11,741 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMaine does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at UMaine]](/colleges/university-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s list. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus supports 14,348 students, and 37 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 24 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,247. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #3 spot on the list. Unity College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Unity, Maine. It awarded 40 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Unity, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 38 of the 1,429 students enrolled at Unity were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,720. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Unity offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Unity]](/colleges/unity-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 34 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 17,649 students enrolled at University of Rhode Island, 381 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,022. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Rhode Island does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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