2025 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate Degree Schools in Texas

When it comes to popularity, an associate degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies sits in the middle of the road, ranking #21 out of 38 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 418 associate degrees in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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, & fitness studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate 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, & fitness studies students go into to obtain their associate 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, & fitness studies related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate Degree Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies in Texas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies.

Top Texas Schools for an Associate in Parks & Rec

1

South Texas College
McAllen, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

59 Annual Graduates

South Texas College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies. South Texas College is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of McAllen.More information about a associate in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies from South Texas College

2

Blinn College
Brenham, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

100 Annual Graduates

Blinn College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies. Located in the town of Brenham, Blinn College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies from Blinn College

Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oklahoma	37	56
Arizona	36	177
New Mexico	35	6

View All Rankings >

Parks & Rec Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	418

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service	312

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NPS Photo/Zurbuch. More about our data sources and methodologies.