by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 323rd most popular major in the country with 174 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,065 and had an average of $23,516 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 36 other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,462 and $27,800 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in other parks, recreation and leisure studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other parks, recreation and leisure studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree other parks & rec students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. SWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Central, South Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Alabama is a public institution located in Florence, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, 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 Southern Adventist University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegedale, Tennessee. It awarded 0 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barry University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 0 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Barry University Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #4 spot on the list. Belhaven University is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coker University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Coker is a small school located in Hartsville, South Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ouachita Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other parks and rec degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Ouachita Baptist Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
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