2022 Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 72,122 people earned their degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,823 and had an average of $24,576 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 148 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,300 and $23,157 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $30-$48k) in New Mexico

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$7,006 Average Net Price

$34,757 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s parks and rec degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $7,006 for New Mexico Parks & Rec students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

University of the Southwest

Hobbs, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$20,213 Average Net Price

$44,700 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Southwest. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. Hobbs, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s parks and rec degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

USW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools in New Mexico” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of the Southwest is $20,213 for New Mexico Parks & Rec students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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