by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 192 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,519 and $22,724 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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 colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware Valley University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. DelVal is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Paul Smiths, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #3 spot on the list. Cobleskill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Juniata College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Juniata College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. UD is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Frostburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Frostburg State University is a small school located in Frostburg, Maryland that handed out 5 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
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California University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cal U is a public institution located in California, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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