2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Illinois, there were 167 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation and leisure studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 29 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

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#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’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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