Wildlife Management at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

If you are interested in studying wildlife management, you may want to check out the program at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Paul Smith's College is located in Paul Smiths, New York and approximately 681 students attend the school each year. Of the 156 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science in 2021, 18 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.

Paul Smith’s College Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Paul Smith’s College Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at Paul Smith's College 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 Paul Smith's College 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	3
Most Focused Wildlife Management Schools	4
	21
	29
Most Popular Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Best Value Wildlife Management Schools	45
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	45

Earnings of Paul Smith's College Wildlife Graduates

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Paul Smith's College is $26,369. This is 1% higher than $26,124, which is the national average for all wildlife bachelor's degree recipients.

Wildlife Student Demographics at Paul Smith's College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science.

Paul Smith’s College Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in wildlife from Paul Smith's College in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Paul Smith's College 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 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Paul Smith's College 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
• Natural Resources Conservation
• Forestry
• Natural Resource Management

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 NY, the home state for Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Fish and Game Wardens	400	$68,000
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	370	$75,290
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	160	$81,450

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 Mwanner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.