2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Outdoor Education is the 314th most popular major in the country with 255 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, outdoor education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in outdoor education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The outdoor ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, New York

#1 in overall quality

$12,202 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cortland. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SUNY Cortland is a medium-sized school located in Cortland, New York that handed out 8 bachelors’s outdoor ed degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cortland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Cortland is $12,202 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Outdoor Education at SUNY Cortland

#2

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$11,432 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s outdoor ed students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salisbury, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Salisbury is $11,432 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Outdoor Education at Salisbury

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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