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2022 Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education in Alaska (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$18,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alaska, there were 8 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education in Alaska (With Aid)

#1

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid list. Alaska Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 5 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Alaska Pacific also took the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Schools in Alaska” ranking. It costs about $18,602 for Alaska Outdoor Ed students with aid per year to attend Alaska Pacific University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Outdoor Education at Alaska Pacific

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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