2022 Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region outdoor ed students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$18,602 Average Net Price

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 in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Alaska Pacific is a small school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 5 ’s outdoor ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Alaska Pacific also made our “Best Outdoor Education Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Alaska Pacific is $18,602 for Far Western US Region Outdoor Ed students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Alaska Pacific University Outdoor Education Report

• Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education (With Aid)

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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