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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 97 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wildlife management.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 46 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national 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 Clemson Wildlife Management Report

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 14 masters’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 full report on Wildlife Management at Mississippi State University

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Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at ATU

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West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region. West Virginia University is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 9 masters’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Wildlife Management at WVU

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s 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.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at UF

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in the Southeast Region ranking. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UT Knoxville Wildlife Management Report

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