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2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$13,094 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Outdoor Education School for You

In 2020-2021, 16 degrees and certificates were awarded to outdoor education students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #238 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value Outdoor Education Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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 Colleges.

Best Outdoor Education School

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI
$13,094 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central Michigan University to be the best value school for outdoor education students who want to pursue a degree in Michigan. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

Central Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $13,094 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Outdoor Education at Central Michigan University

Best Value Outdoor Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Outdoor Education Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Wisconsin 5

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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