2023 Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Plains States region, there were 31 outdoor education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Outdoor Education Schools
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Outdoor Ed for a Master’s list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s outdoor ed degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying outdoor ed list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Minnesota State Mankato supports 14,761 students, and 331 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 147 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,814. To help with additional expenses, 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 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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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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