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2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$21,316 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,786 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Outdoor Education School for You

In 2020-2021, 28 people earned a degree or certificate in outdoor education, making the major the #296 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Outdoor Education Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for outdoor ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Outdoor Education Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality in Outdoor Education

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the United States for outdoor education students. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato undergraduate students pay an average of $18,200 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Outdoor Education Schools list.

Full Outdoor Education at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

$24,432 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Plymouth State University is a great value for outdoor education students. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Plymouth State are $24,432 a year.

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Outdoor Education by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Outdoor Education is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 9,742
Recreation Administration 441
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 206
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to SLenartowicz.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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