2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in South Dakota

A bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #107 out of 338 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in South Dakota ranking.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in South Dakota

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for parks, recreation and leisure studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Parks & Rec Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SD

Black Hills State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. BHSU is a small public university located in the town of Spearfish. More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure studies from Black Hills State University

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University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

$29,300 Median Salary

$24,993 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies has to take a look at University of South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Vermillion.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the parks and rec program report average early career wages of $29,300.

More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure studies from University of South Dakota

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	217	262
Minnesota	210	75
Iowa	193	122
Kansas	175	25
Nebraska	174	58

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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Related Rankings by Major

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	284
Recreation Administration	26
Outdoor Education	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.