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2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
132 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Salary
Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,331 people earned their degree in wildlife management, making the major the 181st most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 155 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,300 and $18,745 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 132 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $14,622 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UD.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at UD

#2

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Cobleskill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cobleskill is $18,784 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at SUNY Cobleskill

#3

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Juniata College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Juniata College is located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k list, Juniata has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Juniata is $19,251 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Juniata College

#4

California University of Pennsylvania

California, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. California, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k list, Cal U has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cal U is $18,494 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Cal U Wildlife Management Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Paul Smiths, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

Paul Smith’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $22,604 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Paul Smith’s College.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Paul Smith’s College

#6

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Delaware Valley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

DelVal not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $26,347 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Delaware Valley University.

Full Delaware Valley University 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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