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2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
143 Degrees Awarded
$11,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Plains States region, there were 175 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,450 and $20,104 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in wildlife management. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Valley City State University

Valley City, North Dakota

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Valley City State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Valley City, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Valley City State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Valley City State University is $8,434 for plains states region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Valley City State University Wildlife Management Report

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 45 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,273 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend South Dakota State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Wildlife Management Report

#3

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Western State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Missouri Western is a public institution located in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k list, Missouri Western has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $9,096 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Missouri Western.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Missouri Western

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Maryville, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest Missouri State University is $9,863 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Northwest Wildlife Management Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Missouri State is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 32 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,488 for plains states region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

Full Missouri State Wildlife Management Report

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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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