2024 Best Wildlife Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region

A degree in wildlife biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #563 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for wildlife biology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 28 degrees in wildlife biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Wildlife Biology Schools List

Wildlife Biology Rankings by Degree Level

The wildlife biology 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 Biology Schools in the Great Lakes Region. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Wildlife Biology in the Great Lakes Region

The schools below may not offer all types of wildlife biology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Wildlife Biology

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great option for students pursuing a degree in wildlife biology. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in wildlife biology from Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

University of Michigan - Flint
Flint, MI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in wildlife biology needs to check out University of Michigan - Flint. Located in the city of Flint, UM Flint is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in wildlife biology from University of Michigan - Flint

Best Wildlife Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife biology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	17
Michigan	915	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Wildlife Biology

Wildlife Biology is one of 5 different types of Zoology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Zoology/Animal Biology	632
Entomology	61
Animal Behavior & Ethology	55
Animal Physiology	10

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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.