2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 2,449 people earned their degree in wildlife management, making the major the 186th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 161 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,674 and $23,031 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wildlife management.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree wildlife students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Plains States Region

1

Vermilion Community College
Ely, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vermilion Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region list. Vermilion Community College is a public institution located in Ely, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Vermilion Community College

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Dakota College at Bottineau
Bottineau, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota College at Bottineau. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Plains States Region list. Dakota College at Bottineau is a public institution located in Bottineau, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Wildlife Management at MSU-Bottineau

• 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.