2023 Most Popular Colleges for Environmental Education in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Environmental Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 96 people earned their degree in environmental education, making the major the 1146th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 22 environmental education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Environmental Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular environmental education programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Environmental Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Environmental Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Environmental Education in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#21 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$38,989 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,801 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Environmental Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s environmental education degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Education at University of Idaho

2

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, Utah

#5 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

$62,838 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,431 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Environmental Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Governors University landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s environmental education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Environmental Education at Western Governors University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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