2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in Arizona

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Arizona for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,106 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States.

Across Arizona, there were 102 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 9 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Arizona for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Arizona for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Arizona for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in Arizona

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#2 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Arizona for a Master’s list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full ASU - Tempe Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

#6 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Arizona for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 3 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full Northern Arizona University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.