2024 Best Outdoor Education Schools in the Southeast Region
2Colleges in the Southeast Region
78Outdoor Education Degrees Awarded
Outdoor Education isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #780 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Outdoor Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 degrees in outdoor education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Outdoor Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Outdoor Education in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the outdoor education degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Brevard College if you wish to pursue a degree in outdoor education. Brevard College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Brevard. This college ranks 71st out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 10 outdoor education students who graduated with this degree at Brevard College in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in outdoor education has to take a look at Liberty University. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 outdoor education students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
Western Carolina University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in outdoor education. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 17th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.More information about a degree in outdoor education from Western Carolina University
Best Outdoor Education Colleges by State
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Outdoor Education is one of 0 different types of Outdoor Education programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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