2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New England region, there were 149 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. To top this list, a school must have a successful wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the New England Region

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

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2

Unity College
Unity, Maine

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #2 spot on the list. Unity is a small school located in Unity, Maine that handed out 40 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

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4

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

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• Most Popular Bachelor’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.