2024 Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Wildlife Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #369 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for wildlife biology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 73 bachelor's degrees in wildlife biology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to wildlife biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of wildlife biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized wildlife biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for wildlife biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Wildlife Biology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Wildlife Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Wildlife Biology in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Wildlife Biology

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

58 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology has to check out Texas State University. Texas State is a very large public university located in the small city of San Marcos.More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife biology from Texas State University

2

West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX

15 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat West Texas A&M University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Canyon.More information about a bachelor’s in wildlife biology from West Texas A&M University

Best Wildlife Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife biology colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	73

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Rankings in Majors Related to Wildlife Biology

One of 5 majors within the Zoology area of study, Wildlife Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	316
Entomology	59
Animal Behavior & Ethology	1

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.