Wildlife Management at University of Nevada - Reno

Every wildlife management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the wildlife program at University of Nevada - Reno stacks up to those at other schools.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,115 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Reno in 2021, 42 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.

UNR Wildlife Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

UNR Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at UNR 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.

How Much Do Wildlife Graduates from UNR Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNR is $27,328. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $26,124 for all wildlife bachelor's degree recipients.

Wildlife Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife from UNR. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at UNR are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in wildlife.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UNR 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Conservation Scientists	210	$61,670
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	180	$69,270

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.