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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,255 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,516 Avg Salary

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

Wildlife Management is the #191 most popular major in California with 184 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in California 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the wildlife bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Wildlife Management

Our analysis found Humboldt State University to be the best value school for wildlife management students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in California. Located in the town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Humboldt State University are $7,864 per year.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Humboldt State University

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Davis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value wildlife management schools in California. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Davis are $14,645 per year. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $297, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

UC Davis also claimed a spot on our Best Wildlife Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Wildlife Management at University of California - Davis Report

Best Value Wildlife Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Wildlife Management Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 9
Oregon 65
Nevada 42
Alaska 34

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

Majors Similar to Wildlife

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 2 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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