Wildlife Management at Salish Kootenai College

What traits are you looking for in a wildlife school? To help you decide if Salish Kootenai College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's wildlife program.

SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and approximately 716 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 wildlife majors received their bachelor's degree from SKC.

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.

SKC Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Wildlife
• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

SKC Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at SKC 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 SKC 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 Associate Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Wildlife Management Schools	16
Most Focused Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools	74

Wildlife Student Demographics at SKC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the wildlife majors at Salish Kootenai College.

SKC Wildlife Management Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of wildlife associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

SKC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in wildlife graduates 84% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Salish Kootenai College with a associate's in wildlife.

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

SKC Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

The wildlife program at SKC awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 Salish Kootenai College with a bachelor's in wildlife.

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

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

Related Majors

• Forestry

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 MT, the home state for Salish Kootenai College.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Conservation Scientists	570	$64,480
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	360	$66,770
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	100	$72,640
Fish and Game Wardens	100	$50,820

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 Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.