2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Plains States Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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” 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor ed students.
Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hills State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Spearfish, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s outdoor ed students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at BHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Black Hills State University is $16,641 for plains states region bachelor’s degree outdoor ed students.
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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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