2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in Colorado (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 255 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 314th most popular in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 26 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent outdoor education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Colorado For Those Getting Aid”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Fort Lewis College

Durango, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$16,274 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #1 spot on the list. FLC is a small school located in Durango, Colorado that handed out 21 bachelors’s outdoor ed degrees in 2019-2020.

FLC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend Fort Lewis College is $16,274 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Ed students with aid.

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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

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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