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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$23,864 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Wildlife Management Master'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Wildlife Management Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for wildlife students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Wildlife Management Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Wildlife Management Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the United States for wildlife management students working on their master’s degree. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the 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 claimed a spot on our Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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#3

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value wildlife management schools in the United States. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

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

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Oregon State graduate students pay an average of $29,420 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Arkansas Tech University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ATU are $12,450 a year.

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Iowa State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Wildlife Management Master’s Degree Schools list.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on this year’s best value schools for wildlife management students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,798 per year.

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#9

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

Mississippi State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for wildlife management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mississippi State are $24,900 a year.

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#10

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for wildlife management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $26,676 per year.

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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 16 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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