2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies in Idaho (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Idaho, there were 310 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,900 and $20,422 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies. 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies in Idaho (With Aid)

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 12 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at U of I

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 19 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State University are $26,566.

Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Boise State University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (With Aid)

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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