Wildlife Management at University of Idaho

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

U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and has a total student population of 10,791. Of the 1,738 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Idaho in 2021, 30 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.

U of I Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

U of I Wildlife Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks wildlife programs across the country. The following shows how U of I performed in these rankings.

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 U of I 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	20
Best Wildlife Management Schools	37

Earnings of U of I Wildlife Graduates

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at U of I is $25,155. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife students.

Wildlife Student Demographics at U of I

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

U of I Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife from U of I. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at U of I 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 University of Idaho with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Fisheries Sciences
• Natural Resource Management
• 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 ID, the home state for University of Idaho.

Occupation	Jobs in ID	Average Salary in ID
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	490	$69,430
Conservation Scientists	290	$66,510

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 Davidlharlan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.