2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 255 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 314th most popular in the United States. 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 Alaska, there were 8 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree outdoor ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska

#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 Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k list. Alaska Pacific University is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s outdoor ed degrees to qualified students.

Alaska Pacific not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific University are $12,110, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Outdoor Education at Alaska Pacific University

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

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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