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2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Outdoor Education is the 314th most popular major in the country with 255 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, outdoor education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 58 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in outdoor education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great outdoor education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Murray State University is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State also made our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Murray State is $9,185 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Outdoor Ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Outdoor Education at Murray State University

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s outdoor ed degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $26,124 for southeast region bachelor’s degree outdoor ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Liberty University Outdoor Education 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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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