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2022 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 the Southwest region, there were 306 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,700 and $21,632 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 9 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $21,305 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas Tech Wildlife Management Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SFASU is $18,653 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full SFASU Wildlife Management Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 35 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $12,909 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $26,028 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Wildlife Management Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 33 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Commerce is $19,060 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M Commerce

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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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