2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Outdoor Education is the 808th most popular major in the country with 255 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 58 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in outdoor education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$9,185 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s outdoor education students in 2019-2020.

Murray State also made our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $9,185 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Murray State University.

Read full report on Outdoor Education at Murray State

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,124 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 10 bachelors’s outdoor education degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $26,124 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Liberty University Outdoor Education Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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