Wildlife Management at University of California - Davis

What traits are you looking for in a wildlife school? To help you decide if University of California - Davis is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's wildlife program.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 88 wildlife majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Davis.

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.

UC Davis Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

UC Davis Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at UC Davis 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 UC Davis 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	19

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from UC Davis Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Davis is $23,267. This is less than $26,124, which is the national average of all wildlife majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Wildlife Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 88 wildlife students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Davis, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	42
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Forestry
• 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	2,240	$75,840
Conservation Scientists	1,990	$75,980
Fish and Game Wardens	350	$76,240
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	110	$133,470

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.