2021 Best Wildlife Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
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Finding the Best Wildlife Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Wildlife Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in wildlife. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent wildlife management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife management program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Wildlife Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Florida has taken the #1 spot in this year's wildlife management ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 22,865 students take at least one class online at UF. About 11,205 of the students at UF are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population. UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UT Knoxville is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,626 students take at least one class online at UT Knoxville. There are roughly 3,889 part time students in attendance at UT Knoxville.
West Virginia University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Morgantown. As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at WVU is lower than is typical, just 2.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,100 students at WVU that take at least one class online. 3,190 of WVU students are attending part time.
Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best wildlife management schools for non-traditional students. Mississippi State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mississippi State. Mississippi State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at Mississippi State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,015 students take at least one class online at Mississippi State. 4,224 of Mississippi State students are attending part time.
Tennessee Technological University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public school with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tennessee Tech University, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 6,609 students take at least one class online at Tennessee Tech University. There are roughly 1,966 part time students in attendance at Tennessee Tech University.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Arkansas Tech University. ATU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Russellville. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ATU has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. There are approximately 3,435 students at ATU that take at least one class online. 4,090 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Virginia Tech as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. Virginia Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Virginia Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,796 students take at least one class online at Virginia Tech. 2,831 of Virginia Tech students are attending part time.
University of Georgia landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best wildlife management schools for non-traditional students. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Athens. UGA also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 6,742 students take at least one class online at UGA. 4,437 of UGA students are attending part time.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Eastern Kentucky University. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Eastern has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Wildlife Management in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 2.9% of Eastern students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,888 students take at least one class online at Eastern. 4,026 of Eastern students are attending part time.
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 the rest 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).
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