2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,224 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 224 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 4 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great parks, recreation and leisure studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U of U Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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