Wildlife Management at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and approximately 933 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Dakota Wesleyan University.

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.

Dakota Wesleyan University Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Dakota Wesleyan University Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at Dakota Wesleyan University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Dakota Wesleyan University 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	32
Most Popular Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	80

Wildlife Student Demographics at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Dakota Wesleyan University. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Dakota Wesleyan University are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its wildlife bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dakota Wesleyan University 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 SD, the home state for Dakota Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Conservation Scientists	320	$62,390
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	190	$53,810
Fish and Game Wardens	110	$44,510

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 Jake DeGroot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.