2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 245 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,120 and $23,552 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Great Lakes Region

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

#14 overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 14 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Michigan State

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 5 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Wildlife Management Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.