2022 Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education in Michigan (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” 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 Michigan, there were 41 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great outdoor education programs and 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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Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan outdoor ed students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Outdoor Education in Michigan (With Aid)

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$15,981 Average Net Price

$40,938 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Outdoor Ed Schools in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Central Michigan is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 41 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Outdoor Education Schools in Michigan” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $15,981 for Michigan Outdoor Ed students with aid.

Read full report on Outdoor Education at Central Michigan

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• 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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