by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 218th most popular major in the country with 3,106 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 128 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 116 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular parks, recreation and leisure studies programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s. Located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 95 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, York College of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. York, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full York College of Pennsylvania Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Messiah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Messiah University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
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