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2022 Best Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

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5 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master's in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Alaska, there were 37 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The parks & rec school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

#1

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, Alaska
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alaska Pacific University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k. Alaska Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alaska master’s degree parks & rec students whose families make more than $110k list, Alaska Pacific has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Alaska Pacific University are $12,110.

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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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