Outdoor Education degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #313 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of outdoor education. Combined, these schools handed out 313 degrees in outdoor education to qualified students.
Your choice of outdoor education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Outdoor Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Outdoor Education Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Outdoor Education in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the outdoor ed degree levels they offer.
Central Michigan University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in outdoor education. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 outdoor education students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in outdoor education. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Mankato. A Best Colleges rank of #412 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Minnesota State Mankato is a great university overall.
There were about 7 outdoor education students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Carolina University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in outdoor education. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 18 outdoor education students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in outdoor education needs to look into Black Hills State University. BHSU is a small public university located in the distant town of Spearfish. This university ranks 11th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 14 outdoor education students who graduated with this degree at BHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of outdoor education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Outdoor Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
