2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure facilities management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree parks administration students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 26 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WIU are $11,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Western Illinois University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $75-$110k)

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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