by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 218th most popular major in the country with 3,106 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 135 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful parks, recreation and leisure studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehman College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bronx, New York, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Plattsburgh landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Plattsburgh, New York, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Paul Smiths, New York. It awarded 9 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houghton College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s. Houghton College is located in Houghton, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cortland. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s. SUNY Cortland is a medium-sized school located in Cortland, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at SUNY Cortland
Ithaca College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ithaca College is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Ithaca College
The Graduate Center, CUNY came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in New York for a Bachelor’s ranking. The Graduate Center, CUNY is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY
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