2024 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,449 people earned their degree in wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 89 wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & 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 Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wildlife, fish & wildl&s science & management programs that also have a lower cost than 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 & wildl&s science & management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$16,033 Average Net Price

$40,242 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in Maine list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 49 ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $16,033 for maine wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at University of Maine

2

Unity College
New Gloucester, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$26,261 Average Net Price

$25,195 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Unity College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools in Maine. This small school is located in New Gloucester, Maine, and it awarded 40 ’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

Unity did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Unity is $26,261 for Maine Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management students.

Full Unity College Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

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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.

Credits

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