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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 340 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 39 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Southwest Region

1

Sul Ross State University
Alpine, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sul Ross 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 Southwest Region list. Sul Ross is a small school located in Alpine, Texas that handed out 14 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. 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 Southwest Region. Texas A&M Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

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4

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#23 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 10 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas Tech University Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

5

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southwest Region. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station 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.