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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Arizona

1 Ranked Colleges
109 Degrees Awarded
$9,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 152nd most popular major in the country with 3,224 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,957 and had an average of $22,487 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 121 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,867 and $20,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 109 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation and leisure studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Arizona

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school awarded 78 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree parks & rec students whose families make $0-$30k list, NAU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $9,251 for arizona bachelor’s degree parks & rec students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NAU.

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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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