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2022 Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Doctorate in Mississippi” ranking.

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 Mississippi, there were 1,041 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,188 and $27,671 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi doctor’s degree parks & rec students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies in Mississippi

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Parks & Rec Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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