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2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,331 people earned their degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management, making the major the 267th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 306 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,317 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $11,454 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

SFASU also made our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $8,650 for Southwest Region Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 35 ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $0-$30k list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,896 for Southwest Region Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M Commerce is a public institution located in Commerce, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Commerce is $10,013 for southwest region wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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