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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southeast region, there were 693 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,747 and $22,549 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 8 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UF Wildlife Management Report

2

Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

#17 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Clemson University

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 74 doctorate’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Mississippi State

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management

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.