2025 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
174Parks 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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 174 degrees in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management School
The parks administration program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in Parks Administration
University of North Texas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. UNT is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were approximately 67 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management has to check out Texas State University. Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of San Marcos. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 56 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management needs to take a look at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. SWOSU is a small public university located in the remote town of Weatherford. This university ranks 14th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 23 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SWOSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The parks administration program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management rankings. 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.
