by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 21 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in outdoor education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in outdoor education.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s outdoor ed degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northland College is a small school located in Ashland, Wisconsin that handed out 5 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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