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2023 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region

4 Ranked Colleges
149 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Wildlife Management is the 186th most popular major in the country with 2,449 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, wildlife management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,447 and had an average of $23,043 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 149 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,287 and $26,777 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in wildlife management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region.

Top 4 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management in the New England Region

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Unity College
Unity, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Unity College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Unity, Maine. It awarded 40 ’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

Unity also made our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $26,261 for new england region wildlife students per year to attend Unity College.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Unity College

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.

UMaine also made our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $16,033 for New England Region Wildlife students per year to attend UMaine.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Full UMaine Wildlife Management Report

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 34 ’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our new england region wildlife students list, URI has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Rhode Island is $18,638 for New England Region Wildlife students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at University of Rhode Island

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the New England Region. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified ’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,160 for new england region wildlife students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Wildlife Management Report

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