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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the 166th most popular major in the country with 3,106 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,801 and had an average of $23,333 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 7 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 2 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their parks, recreation and leisure studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree parks & rec students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Frostburg State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Frostburg State University is located in Frostburg, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
Full Frostburg State University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Maryland. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Baltimore Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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