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Wildlife Management at Eastern Kentucky University

Wildlife Management at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year.

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.

Eastern Wildlife Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Eastern Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at Eastern 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.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical wildlife bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Eastern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Wildlife Management

If you plan to be a wildlife major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Eastern Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management 17

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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 250 $59,190
Conservation Scientists 140 $67,440

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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