Wildlife Management at Otterbein 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 Otterbein University stacks up to those at other schools.

Otterbein is located in Westerville, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,652. In 2021, 21 wildlife majors received their bachelor's degree from Otterbein.

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.

Otterbein Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Otterbein Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at Otterbein 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 Otterbein 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 Focused Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Wildlife Management Schools	15
	19
	27
Most Popular Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	42

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from Otterbein Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Otterbein is $26,871. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife bachelor's degree recipients.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Otterbein

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

Otterbein Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

The wildlife program at Otterbein awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Otterbein 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 Otterbein University with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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 OH, the home state for Otterbein University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Conservation Scientists	740	$55,550
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	150	$57,370
Fish and Game Wardens	130	$66,350

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 Wdzinc under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.