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2023 Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in Montana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$7,492 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,601 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Wildlife Management School for You

Wildlife Management is the #22 most popular major in Montana with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Schools in Montana ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the wildlife programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Wildlife Management School

$7,492 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Montana to be the best value school for wildlife management students who want to pursue a degree in Montana. UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

UM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,492 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, wildlife graduates from UM carry an average student debtload of $25,979. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $260, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at The University of Montana

Best Value Wildlife Management Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Wildlife Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 11
Utah 56
Idaho 47
Wyoming 6

One of 5 majors within the area of study, wildlife management has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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