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2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region 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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 72,122 people earned their degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,823 and had an average of $24,576 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 5,808 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,644 and $24,923 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 104 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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, leisure, and fitness studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bryan University

Springfield, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bryan University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bryan University is $18,514 for plains states region associate degree parks & rec students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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