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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 340 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,486 and $22,583 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 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 wildlife school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region”.

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

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

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

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Texas A&M Kingsville

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, 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 87%.

Read more about Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University

• 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.