Wildlife Management at South Dakota State University

If you are interested in studying wildlife management, you may want to check out the program at South Dakota State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405.

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.

South Dakota State Wildlife Management Degrees Available

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

South Dakota State Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at South Dakota State 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in wildlife, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Wildlife Student Demographics at South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical wildlife bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at South Dakota State since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota 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	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

South Dakota State Wildlife Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of wildlife master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from South Dakota State, 75% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the wildlife master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a master's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Wildlife Management

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management	41

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• 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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Conservation Scientists	320	$62,390
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	190	$53,810
Fish and Game Wardens	110	$44,510

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.