by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 322 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,143 and $22,885 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 170 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 7 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.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree wildlife students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salish Kootenai College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 42 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Brigham Young University - Idaho did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU - I is a large school located in Rexburg, Idaho that handed out 17 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Wildlife Management Report
Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 9 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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