by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 245 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,120 and $23,552 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 161 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in wildlife management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wildlife management.
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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 Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school situated in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It awarded 65 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Wildlife Management at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otterbein University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Otterbein is a small school located in Westerville, Ohio that handed out 21 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Tech is a public institution located in Houghton, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Michigan State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 23 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at University of Wisconsin - Madison
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