by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Maine, there were 8 parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation and leisure studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful parks, recreation and leisure studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 8 ’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maine Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine. Washington County Community College is located in Calais, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Washington County Community College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Maine Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in Maine. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Eastern Maine Community College
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