by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Oklahoma, there were 53 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,655 and $22,206 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,150 and $25,612 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oklahoma bachelor’s degree parks & rec students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma. Located in Durant, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 8 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Oklahoma list. ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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