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2022 Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s

7 Ranked Colleges
103 Degrees Awarded
$18,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 313th most popular major in the country with 169 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,000 and had an average of $21,669 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in other parks, recreation and leisure studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other parks, recreation and leisure studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

#1

Chadron State College

Chadron, Nebraska

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Chadron State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Chadron, Nebraska, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

Chadron State College also made our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Chadron State College is $14,268 for bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students.

Full Chadron State College Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s. NWOSU is a public institution located in Alva, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NWOSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern Oklahoma State University is $9,791 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Parks & Rec students.

Full NWOSU Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 1 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students list, BYU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,322 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Parks & Rec students per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s. UNA is located in Florence, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students list, UNA has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Alabama is $14,130 for bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students.

Full University of North Alabama Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

#5

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Plymouth State is a small school located in Plymouth, New Hampshire that handed out 17 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students list, Plymouth State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Plymouth State University is $19,316 for bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students.

Read full report on Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Plymouth State University

#6 in overall quality

Utah State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 1 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,634 for bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students.

Full USU Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report

#7

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

Howard University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees to qualified students.

Howard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $41,289 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Parks & Rec students per year to attend Howard University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Read full report on Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Howard

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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