2023 Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Idaho, there were 47 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 47 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s” 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 great wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs and a strong support system for 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho

1

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

382 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 30 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

U of I 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 Idaho” list.Of the 10,791 students enrolled at U of I, 382 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 248 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. To help with additional expenses, 29 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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 U of I]](/colleges/university-of-idaho/student-life/veterans/)

2

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho

471 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$2,677 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 17 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU - I, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking.Among the 44,481 students enrolled at Brigham Young University - Idaho, 471 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,677. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Brigham Young University - Idaho]](/colleges/brigham-young-university-idaho/student-life/veterans/)

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.