2023 Most Focused Colleges for Wildlife Management in North Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in North Dakota” 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 North Dakota, there were 12 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,083 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in North Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 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 Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in North Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota wildlife students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Wildlife Management in North Dakota

1

Valley City State University
Valley City, North Dakota

#4 overall quality in North Dakota

$39,881 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,004 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Valley City State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Valley City State University is located in Valley City, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 ’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.

Full Valley City State University Wildlife Management Report

2

Dakota College at Bottineau
Bottineau, North Dakota

$45,945 Average Early-Career Earnings

$18,481 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Wildlife Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota College at Bottineau landed the #2 spot on the list. Dakota College at Bottineau is a small school located in Bottineau, North Dakota that handed out 1 ’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at MSU-Bottineau

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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.