by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in Alaska” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 265 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 313th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, outdoor education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,786 and had an average of $18,614 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 9 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in outdoor education. That schools that top this list have a program in outdoor education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in Alaska”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, Alaska Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Alaska Pacific University is a small school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 5 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 4 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Outdoor Education at University of Alaska Anchorage
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