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2023 Best Value Outdoor Education Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,004 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Outdoor Education School for You

Outdoor Education is the #203 most popular major in Colorado with 16 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Outdoor Education Schools in Colorado ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Outdoor Education Colleges.

Best Outdoor Education School

#1

Fort Lewis College

Durango, CO
$9,004 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Fort Lewis College to be the best value school for outdoor education students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Located in the town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population.

FLC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,004 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Outdoor Ed majors at FLC take out an average of $14,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Outdoor Education at Fort Lewis College Report

Best Value Outdoor Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 14
Idaho 4

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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