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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 2,673 people earned their degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management, making the major the 231st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 174 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 126 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their parks, recreation & leisure facilities management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. OBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full OBU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

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Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 45 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at University of North Texas

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Plainview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Wayland Baptist University

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Texas A&M University - College Station

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