2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management is the 270th most popular major in the country with 2,449 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 161 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 2 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Plains States Region

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 2 doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read full report on Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at Iowa State University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.