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2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$35,399 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Parks & Rec for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Parks & Rec for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,106 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,801 and had an average of $23,333 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 20 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,399 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation and leisure studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Parks & Rec for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Parks & Rec for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Parks & Rec for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 1 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

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Gordon College
Wenham, Massachusetts

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Parks & Rec for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gordon College landed the #1 spot on the list. Gordon College is a small school located in Wenham, Massachusetts that handed out 13 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gordon College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 34 of the 1,816 students enrolled at Gordon College were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,776. To help with additional expenses, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Gordon College]](/colleges/gordon-college/student-life/veterans/)

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