Outdoor Education

200 students earn a outdoor education credential each year across 30 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out
$25,514
Typical earnings, 5 years out
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Bachelor's programs — 20 colleges

1Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan—1 year out2Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont—1 year out3Prescott CollegePrescott, Arizona—1 year out4Brevard CollegeBrevard, North Carolina—1 year out5Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota—1 year out6Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado—1 year out7Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado$25,5141 year out8Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland—1 year out9Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah—1 year out10Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia$17,9601 year out11State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York—1 year out12Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina—1 year out13Warren Wilson CollegeSwannanoa, North Carolina—1 year out14Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah—1 year out15Sterling CollegeCraftsbury Common, Vermont—1 year out16Toccoa Falls CollegeToccoa Falls, Georgia—1 year out17Montreat CollegeMontreat, North Carolina—1 year out18Young Harris CollegeYoung Harris, Georgia—1 year out19Asbury UniversityWilmore, Kentucky—1 year out20Unity Environmental UniversityNew Gloucester, Maine—1 year out

Associate programs — 7 colleges

1Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, North Carolina—1 year out2Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota—1 year out3SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, New York—1 year out4Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield, Massachusetts—1 year out5Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass, Oregon—1 year out6University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska—1 year out7North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho—1 year out

Certificate programs — 8 colleges

1Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, North Carolina—1 year out2Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota—1 year out3Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia—1 year out4The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana—1 year out5Black Hills State UniversitySpearfish, South Dakota—1 year out6North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho—1 year out7College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho—1 year out8Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield, Massachusetts—1 year out

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).