2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the New England Region

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 Master’s in the New England Region” ranking.

Outdoor Education is the 314th most popular major in the country with 255 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 New England region, there were 37 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree outdoor ed students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the New England Region

#1

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$14,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 9 masters’s outdoor ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Plymouth State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Plymouth State are $14,550.

Read full report on Outdoor Education at Plymouth State University

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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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