Wildlife Management at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you plan to study wildlife management, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Knoxville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. Of the 5,356 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 52 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.

UT Knoxville Wildlife Management Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at UT Knoxville compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The wildlife major at UT Knoxville 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
Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools	17

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in wildlife from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #13 most popular school for wildlife master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from UT Knoxville Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $32,266. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 24% higher than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife bachelor's degree recipients.

Wildlife Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife from UT Knoxville. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UT Knoxville Wildlife Management Master’s Program

Of the 7 wildlife students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Knoxville, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a wildlife master's degree from UT Knoxville, 100% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville 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	0

UT Knoxville 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
• Natural Resource Management
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Conservation Scientists	140	$68,440
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	90	$65,550

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.