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2023 Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in South Dakota

2 Colleges
$33,041 Avg Salary
$24,874 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Wildlife Management School for You

Wildlife Management is the #63 most popular major in South Dakota with 44 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Wildlife Management program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Wildlife Management Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the most popular school in South Dakota for wildlife management students. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average amount in student loans that wildlife majors at South Dakota State take out is $24,874.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at South Dakota State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in South Dakota list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Mitchell.

Read full report on Wildlife Management at Dakota Wesleyan University

Best Wildlife Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Wildlife Management Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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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