2024 Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
4Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
338Wildlife Degrees Awarded
$26,143Avg Early-Career Salary
Wildlife Management is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #186 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of wildlife management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 338 degrees in wildlife management during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of wildlife management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for wildlife management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Rocky Mountains Region.
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Best Schools for Wildlife Management in the Rocky Mountains Region
The schools below may not offer all types of wildlife degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat Utah State University if you want to pursue a degree in wildlife management. USU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Logan. A Best Colleges rank of #341 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 wildlife management students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. Those wildlife management students who get their degree from Utah State University make $6,852 more than the standard wildlife grad.
It is difficult to beat The University of Montana if you wish to pursue a degree in wildlife management. UM is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Missoula. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were about 80 wildlife management students who graduated with this degree at UM in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the wildlife program earn around $21,601 in their early career salary.
It is difficult to beat University of Idaho if you wish to pursue a degree in wildlife management. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #489 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U of I is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 wildlife management students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the wildlife program state that they receive average early career earnings of $25,155.
Brigham Young University - Idaho is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in wildlife management. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Rexburg. This university ranks 3rd out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 17 wildlife management students who graduated with this degree at BYU - I in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the wildlife program earn an average of $24,821 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).
Your choice of wildlife management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for wildlife management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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