Education

Outdoor Education

Black Hills State University · Spearfish, SD

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$12,100Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$26,944Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded9Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$37,798
Education · national$35,864

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $34,496–$39,523.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Wisconsin-SuperiorTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$33,874
Auburn University at MontgomeryTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$37,208
Fort Lewis CollegeTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$34,704
University of Virginia's College at WiseEducation, General$35,060
University of Hawaii-West OahuEducation, General$45,636
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · shared campus reporting$39,338
Northwestern State University of LouisianaTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$40,080
Louisiana State University-AlexandriaTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$42,235
University of Puerto Rico at CayeyTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$16,169
Shepherd UniversityTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$38,670
Saint Cloud State UniversitySpecial Education and Teaching, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$38,387
University of Puerto Rico-BayamonSpecial Education and Teaching$9,643
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗