2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in Tennessee

A bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #107 out of 338 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the most popular for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of parks, recreation and leisure studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in parks, recreation and leisure studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in Tennessee

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for parks, recreation and leisure studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Parks & Rec Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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Carson - Newman University
Jefferson City, TN

7 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In TN

Carson - Newman University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. Carson - Newman is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small suburb of Jefferson City. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in parks, recreation and leisure studies in Tennessee. More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure studies from Carson - Newman University

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Cumberland University
Lebanon, TN

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies needs to take a look at Cumberland University. Located in the town of Lebanon, CU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure studies from Cumberland University

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	220	71
Florida	214	0
North Carolina	207	174
Virginia	206	103
South Carolina	188	22
Alabama	183	66
Kentucky	177	4
Arkansas	164	66
Louisiana	163	19
Mississippi	158	31
West Virginia	142	33

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Rankings in Majors Related to Parks & Rec

One of 4 majors within the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies area of study, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	2,170
Recreation Administration	47

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.