2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Far Western US region, there were 308 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks are $24,287, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 4 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

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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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