2022 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management in Louisiana (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” 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 Louisiana, there were 8 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Wildlife Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management in Louisiana (With Aid)

#1

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$12,267 Average Net Price

$40,114 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, McNeese State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 ’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

McNeese also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $12,267 for Louisiana Wildlife students with aid per year to attend McNeese.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at McNeese State University

• Best Value Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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