2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

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 the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 218th most popular major in the country with 3,106 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 444 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 $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in parks, recreation and leisure studies.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

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

Top 4 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Plains States Region

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#25 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 8 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at UNI

2

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northwest Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

3

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. USD is a public institution located in Vermillion, South Dakota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 USD

3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

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.