2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,224 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 152nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,957 and had an average of $22,487 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 109 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 17 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation and leisure studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New York

#1

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, New York

#1 in overall quality

$24,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cortland, New York, and it awarded 17 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cortland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Cortland are $24,707.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at SUNY Cortland

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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