2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$23,500
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 265 people earned their degree in outdoor education, making the major the 313th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, outdoor education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,786 and had an average of $18,614 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 14 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality outdoor education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the outdoor education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for utah bachelor’s degree vets studying outdoor ed.
Top 1 Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Outdoor Ed for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s outdoor ed students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.Of the 29,596 students enrolled at Weber State University, 747 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 472 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,815. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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