Wildlife Management at College of the Ozarks

If you are interested in studying wildlife management, you may want to check out the program at College of the Ozarks. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hard Work U is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and has a total student population of 1,489. Of the 346 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from College of the Ozarks in 2021, 10 of them were wildlife management majors.

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.

Hard Work U Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Hard Work U Wildlife Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The wildlife major at Hard Work U 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Wildlife Management Schools	14
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	58

Wildlife Student Demographics at Hard Work U

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

Hard Work U Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Hard Work U. About 10% of these graduates were women and the other 90% were men.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Hard Work U 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 College of the Ozarks with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 MO, the home state for College of the Ozarks.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Conservation Scientists	560	$57,580
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	380	$52,990
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	50	$76,630

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.