2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Maryland 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 Maryland 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 Maryland, there were 1 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Maryland For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland outdoor ed students with aid.

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

#1

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$19,617 Average Net Price

$39,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Salisbury University is a medium-sized school located in Salisbury, Maryland that handed out 1 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Salisbury also took the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salisbury is $19,617 for Maryland Outdoor Ed students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Outdoor Education at Salisbury University

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• Best Value 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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