2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Far Western US region, there were 22 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent outdoor education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$12,110 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s outdoor ed degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Alaska Pacific also made our “Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific University are $12,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Alaska Pacific 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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