2021 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in parks & rec. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation & leisure studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the parks, recreation & leisure studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Utah tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional parks, recreation & leisure studies students. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population. U of U not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 19,378 students at U of U that take at least one class online. 7,185 of U of U students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo. As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 12,325 students take at least one class online at BYU. 4,504 of BYU students are attending part time.
Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best parks, recreation & leisure studies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Denver, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at MSU Denver is lower than is typical, just 2.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,148 students take at least one class online at MSU Denver. About 7,163 of the students at MSU Denver are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Colorado University. Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public school with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 1.4% of Western students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 774 of Western students are exclusively distance learners. 1,742 of Western students are attending part time.
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).
