2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Outdoor Education is the 780th most popular major in the country with 265 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 78 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in outdoor education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Liberty University supports 93,349 students, and 13,282 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8,897 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,888. During this same period, 386 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Liberty University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brevard College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Outdoor Education for a Bachelor’s. Brevard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brevard, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Brevard College also made our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 828 students enrolled at Brevard College, 30 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,701. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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