2024 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you're seeking a Doctor's Degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #23 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 6 doctor's degrees in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Parks & Rec

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Mississippi if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies from University of Mississippi

2

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies. Mississippi State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State.More information about a doctorate in parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies from Mississippi State University

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	4
Virginia	29	2
Georgia	28	11
South Carolina	28	8
North Carolina	26	25
Kentucky	26	3
Alabama	25	36
Tennessee	25	15
Arkansas	23	1
West Virginia	20	4

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Parks & Rec Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	6

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service	16

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NPS Photo/Zurbuch. More about our data sources and methodologies.