Wildlife Management at Auburn University

What traits are you looking for in a wildlife school? To help you decide if Auburn University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's wildlife program.

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and has a total student population of 30,737. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Auburn.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Wildlife Management section at the bottom of this page.

Auburn Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Auburn Wildlife Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks wildlife programs across the country. The following shows how Auburn performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The wildlife major at Auburn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Wildlife Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Wildlife Management Schools	62

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from Auburn Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Auburn is $26,293. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife bachelor's degree recipients.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Auburn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at Auburn University.

Auburn Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Auburn also has a doctoral program available in wildlife. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Wildlife Grads May Go Into

A degree in wildlife can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Fish and Game Wardens	140	$52,620
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	130	$57,600
Conservation Scientists	130	$59,310
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	50	$90,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.