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2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$12,018 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,786 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, outdoor education was ranked #313 in the country. In fact 265 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Outdoor Education Bachelor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Black Hills State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for outdoor education students working on their bachelor’s degree. BHSU is a small public school located in the distant town of Spearfish.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BHSU are $12,018 a year. Outdoor Ed majors at BHSU take out an average of $17,479 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Outdoor Education Colleges by State

Explore the best outdoor education colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 17
South Dakota 6

One of 4 majors within the area of study, outdoor education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 values are for the top school 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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