2025 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #123 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 bachelor's degrees in parks, recreation & leisure studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on parks, recreation & leisure studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other parks, recreation & leisure studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt parks, recreation & leisure studies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized parks, recreation & leisure studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for parks, recreation & leisure studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Parks & Rec

1

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA

70 Annual Graduates

$36,363 Median Starting Salary

$18,835 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies needs to check out Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Kutztown University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Kutztown.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the parks & rec program make around $36,363 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation & leisure studies from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

2

Lehman College
Bronx, NY

11 Annual Graduates

$41,484 Median Starting Salary

Lehman College is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies. Lehman is a large public college located in the city of Bronx.

Those parks, recreation & leisure studies students who get their bachelor's degree from Lehman College earn $6,354 more than the standard parks & rec student.

More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation & leisure studies from Lehman College

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation & leisure studies schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	62
Pennsylvania	274	116
Maryland	207	2
District of Columbia	126	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Parks & Rec

One of 4 majors within the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies area of study, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Parks & Rec Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	127

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	5,103
Recreation Administration	228
Outdoor Education	13
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	12

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.