2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Plains States region, there were 175 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,450 and $20,104 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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.

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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Wildlife Management at South Dakota State

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Iowa State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.

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