2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 255 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 808th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 25 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great outdoor education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,641 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hills State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Spearfish, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s outdoor education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Black Hills State University is $16,641 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Education students.

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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

• *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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