2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the 15th most popular major in the country with 72,122 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Plains States region, there were 5,808 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,644 and $24,923 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 104 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bryan University

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$25,340 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

Bryan University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bryan University is $25,340 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Parks & Rec students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Bryan University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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