2023 Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$24,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 11 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Cortland is a medium-sized school located in Cortland, New York that handed out 8 bachelors’s outdoor ed degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY Cortland also made our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, SUNY Cortland supports 6,832 students, and 78 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 32 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,971. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SUNY Cortland does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full SUNY Cortland Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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