2024 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Pennsylvania

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #218 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 128 degrees in parks, recreation & leisure studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Overall Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools List

Pick Your Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degree Level

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 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in Pennsylvania

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the parks & rec degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Parks & Rec

1

York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

York College of Pennsylvania is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies. Located in the medium-sized suburb of York, YCP is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies from York College of Pennsylvania

2

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

95 Parks & Rec Degrees Awarded

29.5% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in parks, recreation & leisure studies has to check out Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Located in the fringe town of Kutztown, Kutztown University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	135
Maryland	618	7
New Jersey	614	0
District of Columbia	441	14

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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies area of study, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.