2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree School for You
Outdoor Education is the #313 most popular major in the country with 265 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for outdoor ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Outdoor Education
Our analysis found Weber State University to be the best value school for outdoor education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU are $16,644 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. FLC is a small public school located in the town of Durango.
FLC undergraduate students pay an average of $19,660 in tuition and fees each year. On average, outdoor ed graduates from FLC take out $16,834 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Request InformationBest Outdoor Education Colleges by State
Explore the best outdoor education colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 16 |
Utah | 14 |
Idaho | 4 |
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Outdoor Education Related Majors for Outdoor Ed
Outdoor Education is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Outdoor Ed
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Physical Education | 67,146 |
Recreation Administration | 3,122 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 3,106 |
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 174 |
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.