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Wildlife Management at University of Rhode Island

Wildlife Management at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649.

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.

URI Wildlife Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

URI Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at URI 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.

Wildlife Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of wildlife bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in wildlife.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 47
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Wildlife Management

If you plan to be a wildlife major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management 34

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 80 $70,600
Fish and Game Wardens 30 $77,710

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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