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2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
148 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master's in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alabama, there were 788 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,192 and $27,736 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 148 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 20 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Alabama are $13,860.

Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of North Alabama

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 20 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

USA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at USA

#3

Troy University

Troy, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

TROY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TROY are $16,156, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Troy University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report

#4

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Jacksonville, Alabama, and it awarded 15 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2019-2020.

Jacksonville State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200.

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

#5

Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

AUM also took the #0 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at AUM are $17,812, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at AUM

#6

Alabama A & M University

Normal, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

Alabama A & M University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Normal, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AAMU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alabama A & M University are $21,574, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full AAMU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report

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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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