2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 313 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 313th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 21 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in outdoor education. 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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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree outdoor ed students.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Outdoor Education in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cortland, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s outdoor ed students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full SUNY Cortland Outdoor Education Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Outdoor Ed Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s outdoor ed students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Outdoor Education at Salisbury University
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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
- *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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