2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management is the 231st most popular major in the country with 2,673 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 264 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 237 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree parks administration students.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the New England Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 73 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at JWU Providence
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 26 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Johnson & Wales University - Online
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 20 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Southern Connecticut State University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Northern Vermont University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 85 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
Springfield College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Springfield College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
New England College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 14 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at NEC
University of Maine ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 11 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full UMaine Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
University of Maine at Presque Isle ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine at Presque Isle is a small school located in Presque Isle, Maine that handed out 0 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maine at Presque Isle Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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