2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 245 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 12 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Great Lakes Region

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

#14 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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 91%.

Read more about Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at Michigan State University

2

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

#6 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UW - Madison Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

• Most Focused Master’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.