2024 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on majoring in parks, recreation & leisure studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #218 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for parks, recreation & leisure studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 273 degrees in parks, recreation & leisure studies to qualified students.

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• Best Overall Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools List

Choosing a Great Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies School

The parks & rec program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings by 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 the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region

The schools below may not offer all types of parks & rec degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Parks & Rec

1

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In UT

110 Parks & Rec Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies has to take a look at Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 110 parks, recreation & leisure studies students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In UT

76 Parks & Rec Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in parks, recreation & leisure studies has to look into University of Utah. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.

There were about 76 parks, recreation & leisure studies students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CO

Metropolitan State University of Denver is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in parks, recreation & leisure studies. MSU Denver is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 26th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were approximately 14 parks, recreation & leisure studies students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent year we have data available.

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4

Western Colorado University
Gunnison, CO

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In CO

31 Parks & Rec Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in parks, recreation & leisure studies needs to check out Western Colorado University. Western is a small public university located in the remote town of Gunnison. This university ranks 29th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were approximately 31 parks, recreation & leisure studies students who graduated with this degree at Western in the most recent data year.

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5

Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In UT

Southern Utah University is a fairly large public university located in the town of Cedar City. This university ranks 9th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were approximately 14 parks, recreation & leisure studies students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation & leisure studies schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	597	200
Colorado	590	51
Montana	340	3
Wyoming	278	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Parks & Rec

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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.