2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 313th most popular major in the country with 169 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,000 and had an average of $21,669 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other parks, recreation and leisure studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other parks, recreation and leisure studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree other parks & rec students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (With Aid)

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 1 masters’s other parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at BYU

#2

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$13,860 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Florence, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other parks and rec degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UNA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNA are $13,860.

Read more about Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at UNA

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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