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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’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 the Southwest region, there were 340 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 200 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region

1

Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas

427 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$7,500 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s. Nacogdoches, Texas 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 17 students in 2020-2021.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 12,620 students enrolled at SFASU, 427 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 177 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,500. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

620 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Bachelor’s. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 28 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 620 of the 14,227 students enrolled at NMSU Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 285 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,880. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NMSU Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.