2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 11 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.
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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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree wildlife students.
Top 11 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read more about Wildlife Management at South Dakota State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 4 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree wildlife students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate. Montana State University is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at Montana State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 1 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Clemson also took the #9 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246.
The University of Montana came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
UM also made our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at The University of Montana
With a ranking of #8, University of Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate list. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 2 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at University of Florida
Oregon State University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate ranking. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121.
Michigan State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate list. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
Michigan State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Michigan State University
University of California - Berkeley ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate list. UC Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 1 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.
UC Berkeley also made our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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