Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

2,059 students earn a wildlife and wildlands science and management credential each year across 82 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $28,748
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $45,543

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Bachelor's programs — 58 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California98$26,3251 year out$41,148$22,500 2University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin84$27,2731 year out$43,392$25,556 3University of California-DavisDavis, California77$29,8961 year out—$15,499 4Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas75—1 year out$48,333—5Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia73$25,5631 year out$45,136$21,500 6Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan69$27,7621 year out$44,778$28,425 7The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana62$28,3391 year out$40,484$25,000 8West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia62$29,4701 year out$45,964$24,500 9Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi58$30,2471 year out$50,619$25,750 10University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island55$25,5231 year out—$25,000 11Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania48$28,1781 year out$40,196$26,420 12Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama47$28,7481 year out$52,409$25,740 13University of FloridaGainesville, Florida44$23,7151 year out$39,946$20,872 14University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada44$33,3511 year out—$21,150 15University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia41$22,3541 year out$43,583$25,154 16Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee40$29,9361 year out$46,021$13,673 17University of MaineOrono, Maine39$27,6361 year out$41,873$26,893 18South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota37$39,4831 year out$47,857$24,798 19The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee36$30,9241 year out$50,817$27,000 20University of DelawareNewark, Delaware35$22,4111 year out$46,434$25,572 21Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky32$28,7511 year out—$21,500 22University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire31$27,6981 year out$42,217$27,000 23Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota27$35,8061 year out—$22,301 24Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas26—1 year out——25Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon24—1 year out——26Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri23$32,1991 year out——27New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico23$33,6031 year out$48,906$16,449 28SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York23—1 year out——29Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio23$19,8011 year out—$25,850 30University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho22$31,0221 year out$46,473$26,500 31Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri20$26,5491 year out—$23,937 32University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin20—1 year out$36,657—33Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York19$35,9791 year out—$24,874 34Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan18—1 year out——35Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho17$39,8961 year out——36East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas17$20,2951 year out—$19,866 37University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska16—1 year out——38Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——39Unity Environmental UniversityNew Gloucester, Maine14$29,3121 year out$33,951$27,000 40Valley City State UniversityValley City, North Dakota14$44,2531 year out$50,283$25,500 41Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas12—1 year out——42Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas12$28,6521 year out$48,923$20,500 43Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky11$25,4921 year out$44,672$19,224 44Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana11—1 year out——45Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico10—1 year out——46University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——47McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana8—1 year out——48Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland8—1 year out——49College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri8—1 year out——50Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri7$36,7581 year out$41,041—51Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——52Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas5$43,2821 year out$58,015$31,000 53University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, Alaska3—1 year out——54Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico3—1 year out——55Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, South Dakota2—1 year out——56Salish Kootenai CollegePablo, Montana1—1 year out——57Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah0$27,9961 year out—$21,000 58Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington0—1 year out$45,543—

Associate programs — 20 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Hocking CollegeNelsonville, Ohio44$26,9141 year out$39,349$12,500 2Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado22—1 year out$40,742—3Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York18—1 year out——4Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota17—1 year out$32,387—5Haywood Community CollegeClyde, North Carolina16—1 year out$36,143—6Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——7Garrett CollegeMcHenry, Maryland12—1 year out——8Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio10—1 year out——9The College of the Florida KeysKey West, Florida9—1 year out——10Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde, Texas8—1 year out——11Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington7—1 year out——12Treasure Valley Community CollegeOntario, Oregon6—1 year out——13Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming6—1 year out——14East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi4—1 year out——15Oregon Coast Community CollegeNewport, Oregon4—1 year out——16Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburg, Illinois3—1 year out——17Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon3—1 year out——18Salish Kootenai CollegePablo, Montana2—1 year out——19Dakota College at BottineauBottineau, North Dakota2—1 year out——20Shawnee Community CollegeUllin, Illinois1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 9 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado71$36,8601 year out—$19,677 2Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona27$32,4021 year out$48,382$20,000 3American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia20—1 year out——4Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde, Texas17—1 year out——5Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona16—1 year out——6University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona12—1 year out——7Oregon Coast Community CollegeNewport, Oregon10—1 year out——8Butte CollegeOroville, California6—1 year out——9Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburg, Illinois4—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).