by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 868th most popular major in the country with 174 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in other parks, recreation and leisure studies. That schools that top this list have a program in other parks, recreation and leisure studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree other parks & rec students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major list. University of North Alabama is located in Florence, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s other parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 11 masters’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major. UB is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 0 masters’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 0 masters’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 0 masters’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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