by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 340 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,486 and $22,583 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 200 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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 Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region. Tarleton is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at Tarleton State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 31 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Wildlife Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 28 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Wildlife Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western New Mexico University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Full Western New Mexico University Wildlife Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region. SFASU is a public institution located in Nacogdoches, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Wildlife Management Report
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