2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for an Associate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management is the 231st most popular major in the country with 2,937 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 76 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying parks administration.
Top 1 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. San Antonio College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for an Associate. Mt. SAC is a large public school situated in Walnut, California. It awarded 2 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Mt. SAC also made our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 28,393 students enrolled at Mt. San Antonio College, 581 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 435 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $276. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mt. San Antonio College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mt. SAC]](/colleges/mt-san-antonio-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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