Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the Far Western US Region that made our Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of parks, recreation & leisure studies for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality parks & rec program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on parks, recreation & leisure studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of parks, recreation & leisure studies students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for parks, recreation & leisure studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized parks, recreation & leisure studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for parks, recreation & leisure studies students working on their master's degree.

Insufficient Data for the Far Western US Region

Due to lacking data, we couldn't provide you with the parks, recreation & leisure studies quality ranking. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the Far Western US Region that both offer parks, recreation & leisure studies and provided enough information for us to do a detailed analysis.

As an alternative, take a look at at some of our other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies ranking.

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation & leisure studies schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	17
Oregon	158	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Parks & Rec

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.

Parks & Rec Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	15

Most Popular Majors Related to Parks & Rec

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	975
Outdoor Education	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.