Wildlife Management at Humboldt State University

If you plan to study wildlife management, take a look at what Humboldt State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and has a total student population of 6,612. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students received a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Humboldt State 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.

Humboldt State University Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Humboldt State University Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at Humboldt State 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 Humboldt State 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 Popular Wildlife Management Schools	2
Most Focused Wildlife Management Schools	8
Best Value Wildlife Management Schools	30
	32
Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33

Earnings of Humboldt State University Wildlife Graduates

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Humboldt State University is $23,995. 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 Humboldt State University

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

Humboldt State University Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 96 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Humboldt State 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 23% 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 Humboldt State University with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	53
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• 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 CA, the home state for Humboldt State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	2,240	$75,840
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Fish and Game Wardens	350	$76,240
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Adbar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.