2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 594 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.

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#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.

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