2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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 in Iowa” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Iowa, there were 2 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife management programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State Wildlife Management Report

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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.

Credits

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

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