by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 3,106 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States. 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 475 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,140 and $23,596 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 114 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 26 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school situated in Toledo, Ohio. It awarded 14 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Toledo Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 41 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 26 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s parks and rec degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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