2024 Best Wildlife Biology Schools in the New England 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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Wildlife Biology Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 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 New England 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 New England 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 New England Region Schools in Wildlife Biology

1

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat University of Vermont if you want to pursue a degree in wildlife biology. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in wildlife biology from University of Vermont

2

Unity College
New Gloucester, ME

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in wildlife biology has to look into Unity College. Located in the rural area of New Gloucester, Unity is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in wildlife biology from Unity College

Best Wildlife Biology Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife biology schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Maine	396	21
Vermont	352	26

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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
Animal Physiology	107
Zoology/Animal Biology	58
Animal Behavior & Ethology	27

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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.