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. Of the 2,456 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 2021, 17 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.

Eastern Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Eastern Wildlife Management Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	46
Best Wildlife Management Schools	50

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from Eastern Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern is $23,643. This is less than $26,124, which is the national average of all wildlife majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Eastern. About 53% were men and 47% were women.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eastern 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.