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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master's in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Wildlife Management is the 181st most popular major in the country with 2,331 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, wildlife management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,370 and had an average of $20,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 28 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 4 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alaska master’s degree wildlife students whose families make $0-$30k list, UAF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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