2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 191st most popular major in the country with 3,224 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 127 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation and leisure studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

More Ways to Rank Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools

The parks & rec school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 5 doctorate’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of Northern Iowa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

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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