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 Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 322 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,143 and $22,885 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 170 wildlife management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in wildlife management.
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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 “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. The University of Montana is a fairly large public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 64 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s wildlife students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Utah State University
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #3 spot on the list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s wildlife degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #4 spot on the list. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s wildlife degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
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 Brigham Young University - Idaho Wildlife Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 15 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Salish Kootenai College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Salish Kootenai College is a public institution located in Pablo, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Wildlife Management at Salish Kootenai College
With a ranking of #7, Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s wildlife degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, 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 92%.
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