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Best Value Wildlife Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$16,917 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, wildlife management was ranked #186 in the country. In fact 2,449 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Wildlife Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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.

Best Wildlife Management Doctor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for wildlife management students working on their doctor’s degree. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.

South Dakota State also took the #4 spot in our Best Wildlife Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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Best Wildlife Management Colleges by State

Explore the best wildlife management colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 66
Minnesota 35
Iowa 4
North Dakota 12
South Dakota 44

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 values are for the top school 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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