Looking for a good Wildlife Biology school

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<p>So, I plan to be a wildlife biologist, and not a doctor, which makes me the family disapointment. So, I've been looking for a good school, with a a possible Ivy League rating, I really could use some suggestions.</p>

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<p>WildRose, there are many schools out there that would be very good options. I recommend you read over some of my past posts on the subject; zapfino has also written some very helpful posts. Just a few:</p>

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<p>Among the Ivies and “Ivy-like” schools, Cornell is the real standout program. Many other elite universities like Princeton, Harvard, Penn, Wash U, and Duke offer very good ecology programs, but wildlife biology is very rarely a significant focus like it is at public universities like Colorado State or U Washington. For this reason, you should look very closely at the land-grant university in your state – even if it’s not highly prestigious overall, it may well have a superb program in wildlife biology. (Of course, there are many benefits to attending a school that’s stronger overall. More accomplished peers and the possibility of you changing your major are just two examples.)</p>

<p>That said, since decent jobs in wildlife biology generally require a master’s degree, you don’t need to be too picky about undergraduate programs. Any general biology program works perfectly well for undergrad, as long as it offers a decent array of the organismal biology courses you’d need (e.g. vertebrate anatomy/physiology, botany, conservation biology, etc.). Basic chemistry, math (stats), and sometimes computer science courses are also necessary, of course.</p>