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Wildlife Management at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students received a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Virginia Tech.

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.

Virginia Tech Wildlife Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife

Virginia Tech Wildlife Management Rankings

The wildlife major at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech Make?

The median salary of wildlife students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $21,497. This is less than $26,124, which is the national average of all wildlife majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Wildlife Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students earned a bachelor's degree in wildlife from Virginia Tech. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men.

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About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in wildlife at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in wildlife.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 49
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Conservation Scientists 600 $75,370
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 250 $64,970
Fish and Game Wardens 210 $50,750

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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