2023 Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 245 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management.
Top 1 Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management for a Master’s. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,686. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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