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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 218th most popular major in the country with 3,106 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 273 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 234 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in parks, recreation and leisure studies.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree parks & rec students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Colorado University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Western is a small public school situated in Gunnison, Colorado. It awarded 31 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Colorado University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 110 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 62 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at U of U
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students 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%.
Full Southern Utah University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at MSU Denver
Montana State University - Billings ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Montana State University - Billings
With a ranking of #7, Fort Lewis College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Fort Lewis College is a small school located in Durango, Colorado that handed out 0 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Fort Lewis College
Utah State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Utah State University
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