by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Outdoor Education is the 313th most popular major in the country with 265 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Plains States region, there were 31 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in outdoor education.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The outdoor ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. BHSU is located in Spearfish, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s outdoor ed degrees to qualified students.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
