2024 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
6Colleges 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.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 299 degrees in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management during the 2021-2022 academic year.
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.
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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 United States 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 #546 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SRU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SRU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat The College at Brockport if you wish to pursue a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. SUNY Brockport is a medium-sized public college located in the town of Brockport. This college ranks 72nd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 20 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Brockport in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat St. Joseph's College - New York if you wish to pursue a degree in parks, recreation & leisure facilities management. SJC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Brooklyn. This college ranks 75th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 21 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SJC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every 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 suburb of Frostburg. This university ranks 28th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 39 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at Frostburg State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of East Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 66th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 5 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at East Stroudsburg University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #942 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Kean is a great university overall.
There were about 12 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
SUNY Cortland is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Cortland. A Best Colleges rank of #700 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SUNY Cortland is a great school overall.
There were approximately 2 parks, recreation & leisure facilities management students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Cortland 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.
