2023 Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
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Ranked Colleges
16
Degrees Awarded
$20,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Outdoor Education is the 780th most popular major in the country with 265 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Colorado, there were 16 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fort Lewis College is located in Durango, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s outdoor education degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FLC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 3,469 students enrolled at FLC, 101 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,268. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Fort Lewis College]](/colleges/fort-lewis-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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