2025 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
299Parks Administration Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #231 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 299 degrees in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management School
Your choice of parks, recreation & leisure facilities management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the parks administration degree levels they offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Parks Administration
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. SRU is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Slippery Rock. A Best Colleges rank of #621 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SRU is a great university overall.
There were about 60 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SRU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat The College at Brockport if you want to pursue a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. SUNY Brockport is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of Brockport. This college ranks 64th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 20 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Brockport in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management needs to look into Frostburg State University. Frostburg State is a small public university located in the remote town of Frostburg. This university ranks 26th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 39 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at Frostburg State in the most recent data year.
Kean University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. Located in the suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #594 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Kean is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Related Rankings by Major
One of 2 majors within the Recreation Administration area of study, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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Your choice of parks, recreation & leisure facilities management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
