by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 192 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,519 and $22,724 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in wildlife management.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree wildlife students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Valley University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Wildlife Management at University of Delaware
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cobleskill, New York, this small public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Paul Smiths, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Wildlife Management at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Juniata College landed the #5 spot on the list. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #6, Frostburg State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Frostburg, Maryland, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
California University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. California University of Pennsylvania is a medium-sized school located in California, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
Full California University of Pennsylvania Wildlife Management Report
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