Wildlife Management at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife
• Master’s Degree in Wildlife

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at NMSU Main Campus 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 NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical wildlife bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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 New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NMSU Main Campus Wildlife Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of wildlife master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from NMSU Main Campus, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Wildlife Management

The following wildlife concentations are available at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management	35

Related Majors

• 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Conservation Scientists	220	$68,710
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	180	$58,730

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.