2023 Most Focused Colleges for Wildlife Management in Wisconsin

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in Wisconsin” 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 Wisconsin, there were 97 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,786 and $25,806 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in Wisconsin” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in Wisconsin

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in Wisconsin”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Wildlife Management in Wisconsin

1

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

#21 overall quality in Wisconsin

$36,544 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,787 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in Wisconsin list. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a medium-sized school located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin that handed out 65 ’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UW - Stevens Point Wildlife Management Report

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#1 overall quality in Wisconsin

$50,802 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,543 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in Wisconsin list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 32 ’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Wildlife Management at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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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.