Wildlife Management at McNeese State University

Every wildlife management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the wildlife program at McNeese State University stacks up to those at other schools.

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a total student population of 7,284.

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.

McNeese Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

McNeese Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at McNeese 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 McNeese

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

McNeese Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical wildlife bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at McNeese since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at McNeese 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 McNeese State University with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 McNeese State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management	7

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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Conservation Scientists	630	$61,430
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	50	$68,590

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 Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.