2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,224 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 323 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963.

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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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