2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 594 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,844 and $20,545 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246.

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#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 10 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s wildlife students in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UF Wildlife Management Report

#4

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#5 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 6 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Wildlife Management at West Virginia University

#5

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Knoxville 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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