2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across South Dakota, there were 36 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 10 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 10 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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