Wildlife Management at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. Of the 8,870 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Georgia 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.

UGA Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

UGA Wildlife Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the wildlife progam at UGA 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 UGA 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	48

Earnings of UGA Wildlife Graduates

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at UGA is $23,994. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife students.

Wildlife Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at UGA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Natural Resource Management
• Natural Resources Conservation
• 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Conservation Scientists	250	$69,390
Fish and Game Wardens	200	$60,510
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	170	$63,890
Forestry & Conservation Science Professors	120	$88,570

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.