2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 the Plains States region, there were 25 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 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.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Black Hills State University

Spearfish, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,641 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. BHSU is a public institution located in Spearfish, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BHSU also made our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Black Hills State University is $16,641 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Ed students with aid.

Full BHSU Outdoor Education Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (With Aid)

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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