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. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,106 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 218th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 475 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 114 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 26 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Toledo is a fairly large school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 14 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Toledo Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 41 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at IU Bloomington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 7 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
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