2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region

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Wildlife Management is the 186th most popular major in the country with 2,449 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, wildlife management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,447 and had an average of $23,043 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 340 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,863 and $19,979 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. That schools that top this list have a program in wildlife management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Far Western US Region

1

Treasure Valley Community College
Ontario, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Treasure Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Ontario, Oregon, and it awarded 6 associates’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Oregon Coast Community College
Newport, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Coast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region. Newport, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wildlife degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Oregon Coast Community College

3

Spokane Community College
Spokane, Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Spokane Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Spokane, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wildlife degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Spokane Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.