by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 240 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their wildlife management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Humboldt State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region. Humboldt State University is a medium-sized school located in Arcata, California that handed out 96 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Humboldt State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Wildlife Management Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Reno, Nevada, this large public school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Wildlife Management at University of Nevada - Reno
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #4 spot on the list. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at University of California - Davis
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at Washington State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #5 spot on the list. Juneau, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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