2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Outdoor Education is the 313th most popular major in the country with 313 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , outdoor education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $27,786 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 34 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,524 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their outdoor education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree outdoor ed students.
Top 1 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenfield Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Greenfield Community College is a small school located in Greenfield, Massachusetts that handed out 3 associates’s outdoor ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Greenfield Community College Outdoor Education Report
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- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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