39 Best colleges for Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation in Texas

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Texas ranked based on their research performance in Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation. A graph of 1.25M citations received by 33.5K academic papers made by 39 universities in Texas was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#19 in the United States

#23 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 77%

2. University of Texas at Austin

Austin

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#30 in the United States

#36 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

3. Baylor College of Medicine

Houston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#39 in the United States

#45 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,699
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1900

4. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#72 in the United States

#88 in North America

Enrollment: 355
Male:Female: 21:79
Founded: 1941

5. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#74 in the United States

#90 in North America

Enrollment: 2,501
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1943

6. Texas Tech University

Lubbock

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#122 in the United States

#144 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 86%

7. Rice University

Houston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#131 in the United States

#154 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,587

8. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#134 in the United States

#159 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 3,640
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1959

9. Texas A&M University at Galveston

Galveston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#157 in the United States

#184 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1962

10. University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#162 in the United States

#189 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,315
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1891

11. University of Houston

Houston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#166 in the United States

#193 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 83%

12. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#171 in the United States

#198 in North America

Enrollment: 5,048
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1972

13. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#176 in the United States

#203 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 84%

14. Texas State University

San Marcos

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#183 in the United States

#210 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 82%

15. University of North Texas

Denton

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#184 in the United States

#211 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 91%

16. Baylor University

Waco

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#216 in the United States

#246 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $49,727

17. University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#219 in the United States

#249 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 91%

18. Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Kingsville

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#232 in the United States

#266 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1070
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $11,699

19. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#245 in the United States

#284 in North America

Enrollment: 4,890
Male:Female: 24:76
Founded: 1969

20. Southwestern University

Georgetown

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#264 in the United States

#306 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,687

21. University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#292 in the United States

#336 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Average SAT: 980
Average ACT: 20
Receiving Aid: 88%

22. Southern Methodist University

Dallas

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#303 in the United States

#347 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $45,792

23. University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#316 in the United States

#362 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 72%

24. Texas Christian University

Fort Worth

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#321 in the United States

#367 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1263
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $39,005

25. University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#335 in the United States

#381 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1100
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 86%

26. Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#404 in the United States

#450 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 90%

27. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#414 in the United States

#461 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1010
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 94%

28. Sam Houston State University

Huntsville

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#434 in the United States

#482 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1040
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 84%

29. University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#495 in the United States

#547 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 91%

30. West Texas A&M University

Canyon

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#507 in the United States

#560 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1060
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 96%

31. Lamar University

Beaumont

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#519 in the United States

#572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1020
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 92%

32. University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#528 in the United States

#582 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 2,344
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1970

33. Trinity University

San Antonio

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#536 in the United States

#591 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Average SAT: 1393
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $32,264

34. Tarleton State University

Stephenville

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#565 in the United States

#621 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1055
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 96%

35. Texas College

Tyler

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#590 in the United States

#648 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $10,901
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $10,182

36. St. Mary's University

San Antonio

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#621 in the United States

#680 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1065
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $20,562

37. Sul Ross State University

Alpine

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#626 in the United States

#686 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1016
Average ACT: 17
Receiving Aid: 89%

38. Texas A&M University - Commerce

Commerce

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#644 in the United States

#705 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1055
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 97%

39. University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria

For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

#645 in the United States

#706 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1087
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 86%

Closest to Texas states to learn Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Oklahoma	8	101
New Mexico	3	114
Louisiana	13	43
Arkansas	9	159
Kansas	6	91
Mississippi	5	53
Colorado	9	35
Missouri	10	42
Arizona	4	45
Nebraska	5	95
Alabama	11	29
Iowa	4	69
Utah	4	34
Illinois	21	32
Tennessee	14	71
South Dakota	4	130
Kentucky	8	92
Georgia	17	15
Indiana	13	63
Minnesota	10	21
Wisconsin	15	5
Florida	25	7
South Carolina	11	81
North Dakota	2	188
Ohio	25	38
North Carolina	14	18
Michigan	17	11
California	59	4
Montana	3	102
Idaho	3	84
West Virginia	4	109
Virginia	16	57
District of Columbia	5	129
Maryland	16	22
Pennsylvania	38	13
Oregon	8	8
New Jersey	14	27
Washington	13	2
New York	67	3
Connecticut	13	16
Vermont	3	127
Massachusetts	26	1
Rhode Island	5	50
New Hampshire	4	82
Maine	7	65
Puerto Rico	4	185
Alaska	4	68
Hawaii	4	33

Closest to Texas states to learn Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation

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