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 Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 58 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,359 and $19,450 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. That schools that top this list have a program in parks, recreation and leisure studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Washington” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for washington parks & rec students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Washington. This fairly large school is located in Bellingham, Washington, and it awarded 48 ’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cheney, Washington, and it awarded 10 ’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Eastern Washington University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s parks and rec degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Central Washington University
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