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2022 Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $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 Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 9 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $17,571 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech University Wildlife Management Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 35 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife students whose families make more than $110k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at NMSU Main Campus

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SFASU is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,723 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

Full SFASU Wildlife Management Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 42 ’s wildlife degrees 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 estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Wildlife students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M University - College Station

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Wildlife Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce also took the #5 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region wildlife students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M University - 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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