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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

41 Colleges
$22,306 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,516 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 2,449 people earned a degree or certificate in wildlife management, making the major the #186 most popular in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 41 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for wildlife students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for wildlife majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Idaho to be the best value school for wildlife management students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.

BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $12,809 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, South Dakota State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools list.

Full Wildlife Management at South Dakota State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bemidji State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Bemidji.

Bemidji State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,806 in tuition and fees each year.

Bemidji State University also claimed a spot on our Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Valley City State University is a great value for wildlife management students working on their bachelor’s degree. Valley City State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Valley City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Valley City State University are $12,969 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Valley City State University also is in the top 5% of our Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking.

Full Wildlife Management at Valley City State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SFASU are $21,616 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree wildlife management programs. Located in the town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UW - Stevens Point undergraduate students pay an average of $17,035 in tuition and fees each year.

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California University of Pennsylvania landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree wildlife management programs. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

Cal U undergraduate students pay an average of $15,726 in tuition and fees each year.

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Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for wildlife management students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Missouri State are $16,498 a year. The average amount in student loans that wildlife majors at Missouri State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,055.

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Tennessee Technological University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tennessee Tech University are $19,834 a year. The average amount in student loans that wildlife majors at Tennessee Tech University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $19,103.

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Missouri Western State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree wildlife management programs. Missouri Western is a small public school located in the city of Saint Joseph.

Missouri Western undergraduate students pay an average of $15,550 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, wildlife graduates from Missouri Western carry an average student debtload of $18,167.

Full Wildlife Management at Missouri Western State University Report

Wildlife Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Wildlife Management is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 22,254
Natural Resource Management 2,933
Forestry 2,233
Fisheries Sciences 483
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 151

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicholas A. Tonelli.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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