By major · Wildlife Science and Management

Where can your student actually get into wildlife science and management?

In 2022-23, 56 colleges awarded a bachelor's degree in wildlife science and management, 2 of them in California. The biggest program that year was California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt, with 98 graduates. We build this page from federal data for every college that awards the degree, so it is the whole field rather than a shortlist.

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56 colleges nationwide offer a bachelor's wildlife science and management program; every one of them awarded the degree in 2022-23 (federal IPEDS completions).
Largest programs by graduates in 2022-23: California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt (98), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (83), University of California-Davis (77).
2 of them are in California, the one state whose public systems (the University of California and the CSU) publish an admit rate into the major.
Lowest average net price with aid: Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus, $4,904 per year.

Only the University of California and the CSU publish an admit rate into a major, so most colleges here show no program admit rate. A blank rate is not an open door. It means the college does not report one, and your student is applying against the campus admit rate instead. Admits are not enrollees. At most UC programs students are admitted to the campus, not the major. This page as JSON → · California only (2 colleges, with the UC and CSU gates) →

Lowest net price with aid

$4,904

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
average for aid recipients, per year

Every college, one row each

Colleges with a reported gate into the program come first, hardest first; the rest are sorted by earnings, then by graduates. Degree awarded is the program the college conferred bachelor's degrees in during 2022-23, with the number of graduates (federal IPEDS completions). Program admit rate is the college system's own number for this major (UC Information Center, CSU Chancellor's Office). Net price is the average paid by aid recipients; full price is the cost of attendance. Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians four years after the degree.

College	Gate into the program	Degree awarded · graduates 2022-23	Program admit rate	Campus admit rate	Net price with aid	Full price	Earnings 4 yrs out
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA · Public · Test-blind	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 98 graduates	—	99%	$13,171	$25,170	—
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point WI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 83 graduates	—	90%	$14,559	$20,079	—
University of California-Davis CA · Public · Test-blind	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 77 graduates	—	46%	$14,741	$41,238	—
Tarleton State University TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 75 graduates	—	94%	$20,783	$24,100	—
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 70 graduates	—	57%	$24,953	$36,951	—
Michigan State University MI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 69 graduates	—	84%	$19,680	$32,198	—
The University of Montana MT · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 62 graduates	—	96%	$16,784	$23,570	—
West Virginia University WV · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 62 graduates	—	86%	$15,634	$26,415	—
Mississippi State University MS · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 58 graduates	—	76%	$17,595	$29,267	—
University of Rhode Island RI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 55 graduates	—	77%	$21,440	$34,321	—
Delaware Valley University PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 48 graduates	—	92%	$28,278	$59,933	—
Auburn University AL · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 47 graduates	—	50%	$24,323	$34,919	—
University of Nevada-Reno NV · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 43 graduates	—	85%	$15,927	$25,786	—
University of Florida FL · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 42 graduates	—	24%	$6,541	$22,523	—
University of Georgia GA · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 41 graduates	—	37%	$13,936	$27,993	—
Tennessee Technological University TN · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 40 graduates	—	83%	$14,246	$25,663	—
South Dakota State University SD · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 37 graduates	—	99%	$19,841	$24,636	—
University of Maine ME · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 37 graduates	—	96%	$17,510	$27,328	—
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 36 graduates	—	46%	$18,976	$33,678	—
University of Delaware DE · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 35 graduates	—	65%	$17,799	$30,952	—
Murray State University KY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 32 graduates	—	86%	$9,096	$23,485	—
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 30 graduates	—	87%	$23,805	$35,537	—
Bemidji State University MN · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 26 graduates	—	71%	$15,261	$22,744	—
Texas A & M University-Kingsville TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 26 graduates	—	92%	$12,090	$24,060	—
Oregon State University OR · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 24 graduates	—	79%	$19,604	$31,653	—
Missouri Western State University MO · Public	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 23 graduates	—	—	$13,251	—	—
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 23 graduates	—	76%	$8,889	$23,274	—
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill NY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 23 graduates	—	83%	$18,701	$27,786	—
University of Idaho ID · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 22 graduates	—	79%	$14,831	$23,738	—
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 20 graduates	—	43%	$17,354	$28,679	—
Missouri State University-Springfield MO · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 19 graduates	—	91%	$17,613	$25,048	—
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science NY · Private nonprofit	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 19 graduates	—	—	$26,683	—	—
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 17 graduates	—	97%	—	$15,246	—
Michigan Technological University MI · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 17 graduates	—	88%	$14,182	$34,152	—
Texas A & M University-Commerce TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 17 graduates	—	93%	$11,841	$23,438	—
Pennsylvania Western University PA · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 16 graduates	—	94%	$18,256	$26,916	—
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK · Public	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 16 graduates	—	—	$10,892	—	—
Unity Environmental University ME · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 14 graduates	—	82%	$19,104	$21,931	—
Valley City State University ND · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 14 graduates	—	69%	$11,890	$20,468	—
Otterbein University OH · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 13 graduates	—	83%	$19,237	$48,321	—
Arkansas State University AR · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 12 graduates	—	70%	$12,366	$25,082	—
Arkansas Tech University AR · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 12 graduates	—	96%	—	$22,808	—
Eastern Kentucky University KY · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 11 graduates	—	78%	$11,040	$23,735	—
Montana State University MT · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 11 graduates	—	87%	$22,499	$25,905	—
Western New Mexico University NM · Public	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 10 graduates	—	—	$8,522	—	—
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao PR · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 9 graduates	—	58%	$12,675	—	—
College of the Ozarks MO · Private nonprofit · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 8 graduates	—	15%	$6,100	$33,734	—
McNeese State University LA · Public · Required	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 8 graduates	—	68%	$12,493	$22,810	—
Northwest Missouri State University MO · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 7 graduates	—	86%	$16,244	$24,945	—
Juniata College PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 6 graduates	—	72%	$23,988	$71,850	—
Stephen F Austin State University TX · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 5 graduates	—	88%	$14,260	$25,791	—
Frostburg State University MD · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 4 graduates	—	89%	$16,715	$27,056	—
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus NM · Public · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 3 graduates	—	55%	$4,904	$18,940	—
University of Alaska Southeast AK · Public	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 3 graduates	—	—	—	—	—
Dakota Wesleyan University SD · Private nonprofit · Test-optional	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 2 graduates	—	73%	$19,735	$43,864	—
Salish Kootenai College MT · Public	Not reported by the college system	Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 1 graduate	—	—	$7,945	—	—

Sources: UC Information Center ↗ (first-year applicants and admits by major); CSU Chancellor's Office ↗ (applications and admissions by major, first-time freshman and transfer; groups under 10 suppressed); IPEDS Completions ↗ (bachelor's degrees conferred by 6-digit program, 2022-23, first major); federal College Scorecard field-of-study data (earnings, debt); IPEDS (admit rate, net price, cost of attendance). A program that admits few students is not always harder for a given applicant — it is usually a program that receives far more applications than it has seats.

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