2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in Maine
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Wildlife Management School for You
In 2020-2021, 89 degrees and certificates were awarded to wildlife management students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #40 most popular major in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which 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.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Wildlife Management
Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine the best value school in Maine for wildlife management students. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMaine are $11,986 a year. While working on their degree, wildlife majors at UMaine accumulate an average of around $26,700 in student debt.
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Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote area of Unity, Unity is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Unity undergraduate students pay an average of $12,640 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, wildlife graduates from Unity carry an average student debtload of $27,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $447, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Explore all the Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 26 |
| Rhode Island | 34 |
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Majors Related to Wildlife
One of 5 majors within the area of study, wildlife management has other similar majors worth exploring.
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.