2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,432 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 192 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The parks administration 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 Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree parks administration students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Macomb, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s parks administration degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

WIU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at WIU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $0-$30k)

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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