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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

4 Ranked Colleges
166 Degrees Awarded
$10,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management is the 267th most popular major in the country with 2,331 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 166 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $13,270 for southwest region bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2019-2020.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,816 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $7,006 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 33 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Commerce is $10,580 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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