2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southeast region, there were 693 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 9 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UF Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

2

Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

#17 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, 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.

Read more about Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management at Clemson

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 74 doctorate’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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

• Most Popular 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.