2025 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #138 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. Combined, these schools handed out 121 bachelor's degrees in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized parks, recreation & leisure facilities management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools

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 Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Parks Administration

1

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

76 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management needs to look into Illinois State University. Illinois State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Normal.More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management from Illinois State University

2

Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Western Illinois University is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management from Western Illinois University

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	33
Ohio	612	15
Indiana	535	78
Wisconsin	435	28

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Rankings in Majors Related to Parks Administration

One of 2 majors within the Recreation Administration area of study, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Glen Santy. More about our data sources and methodologies.