by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering wildlife biology, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of wildlife biology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 2 | 2,375 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 1 | 119 |
| Biochemistry | 1 | 9,737 |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 1,336 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 1 | 89,827 |
| Biology/Biotechnology Technology/Technician | 1 | 1,212 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 1 | 11,758 |
| Biostatistics | 1 | 1,546 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4,488 |
| Computational Biology | 1 | 321 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 1,913 |
| Entomology | 452 |
| Animal Behavior and Ethology | 267 |
| Animal Physiology | 166 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology, Other | 34 |
A specialization within Zoology/Animal Biology, wildlife biology shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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