2024 Best Wildlife Management Schools in California
2Colleges in California
188Wildlife Degrees Awarded
$23,631Avg Early-Career Salary
Wildlife Management isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #186 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for wildlife management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 188 degrees in wildlife management to qualified students.
The wildlife school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Wildlife Management Schools in California.
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Best Schools for Wildlife Management in California
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the wildlife degree levels they offer.
University of California - Davis is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in wildlife management. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis.
Students who receive their degree from the wildlife program earn around $23,267 for their early career.
Any student who is interested in wildlife management needs to look into Humboldt State University. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who receive their degree from the wildlife program earn about $23,995 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).