Is a Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management degree worth it?
Across 28 schools, graduates of Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management earn a median $45,340 five years out on $21,945 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Conservation Scientists (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$45,340
Median debt
$21,945
Years to pay off
4.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
44%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.7%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
15%
$46,674 vs $39,654
Net price
$15,634/yr
Debt-test failures
20.8%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$17,863
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.