Business & management

Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

Mississippi State University · Mississippi State, MS

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$26,580Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded17Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$69,812
Business & management · national$63,005

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $64,858–$76,580.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Nebraska-LincolnAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$74,783
University of North DakotaBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$76,460
University of Illinois ChicagoAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$71,684
Florida Atlantic UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Economics, Taxation$62,276
Rowan UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$65,486
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$62,972
Ball State UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business/Commerce, General$59,692
California State Polytechnic University-PomonaBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$85,357
University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireBusiness Administration, Management and Operations$85,206
University of Rhode IslandAccounting and Related Services$65,557
Bowling Green State University-Main CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, Management Information Systems and Services$76,942
University of LouisvilleBusiness/Commerce, General$67,939
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗