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2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 191st most popular major in the country with 3,224 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 521 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation and leisure studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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