2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 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 Plains States 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 Plains States Region

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

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

1

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

Top 25% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University 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 Master’s 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 a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 4 masters’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Iowa State 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.