2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Montana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Montana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Montana, there were 94 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,200 and $22,746 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in Montana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Montana

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree wildlife students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Missoula, Montana, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242.

Read more about Wildlife Management at The University of Montana

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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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