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2023 Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly for Outdoor Ed for a Master's

Veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Outdoor Education is the 313th most popular major in the country with 265 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s”.

Top 1 Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s outdoor ed degrees to qualified students.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 14,761 students enrolled at Minnesota State Mankato, 331 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 147 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,814. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Minnesota State Mankato]](/colleges/minnesota-state-university-mankato/student-life/veterans/)

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