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

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