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2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Master's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,771 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 265 people earned a degree or certificate in outdoor education, making the major the #313 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which master'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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Outdoor Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Outdoor Education

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the United States for outdoor education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools list.

Full Outdoor Education at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the remote town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Plymouth State are $16,234 per 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

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 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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