by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 New England region, there were 50 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,524 and $23,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in outdoor education. To top this list, a school must have a successful outdoor education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region” 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 “Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region list. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s outdoor ed degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified ’s outdoor ed students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Outdoor Education at Plymouth State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Unity College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region. Unity College is located in Unity, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s outdoor ed degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Greenfield Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region list. Greenfield Community College is a small public school situated in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Outdoor Education at Greenfield Community College
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #4 spot on the list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s outdoor ed degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Sterling College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region list. Located in Craftsbury Common, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified ’s outdoor ed students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Hampshire College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Hampshire College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Gordon College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Wenham, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s outdoor ed students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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