Wildlife Management isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #186 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Wildlife Management Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 degrees in wildlife management during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Management Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the wildlife degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in wildlife management needs to look into Murray State University. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the wildlife program report average early career earnings of $24,130.
Every student pursuing a degree in wildlife management has to check out Eastern Kentucky University. Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Richmond.
After graduating, wildlife degree recipients usually earn about $23,643 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).