2023 Most Popular Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Outdoor Education Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 265 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 780th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 23 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful outdoor education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Well Attended Outdoor Education Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Outdoor Education Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 1 Most Popular Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Outdoor Education Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prescott College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 23 ’s outdoor education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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
- *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.
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