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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the 15th most popular major in the country with 73,813 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,423 and had an average of $24,388 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 8,010 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,049 and $25,045 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 678 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 62 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies. That schools that top this list have a program in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree parks & rec students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Garrett College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Garrett Community College is a small public school situated in McHenry, Maryland. It awarded 10 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sullivan County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Sullivan County Community College is a small school located in Loch Sheldrake, New York that handed out 11 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 62 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jefferson Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Jefferson Community College is a small school located in Watertown, New York that handed out 18 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hudson Valley Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 55 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Finger Lakes Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Canandaigua, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
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Monroe College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Bronx, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.
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Tompkins Cortland Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Dryden, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, Niagara County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Sanborn, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
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Butler County Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #9. Butler County Community College is a small school located in Butler, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Sussex County Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Newton, New Jersey, and it awarded 12 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Kingsborough Community College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 51 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Herkimer County Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Herkimer, New York, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Jamestown Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Jamestown Community College is a public institution located in Jamestown, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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SUNY Broome did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #14. Binghamton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
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Harcum College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Bucks County Community College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Bucks County Community College is located in Newtown, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 associates’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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County College of Morris did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #17. County College of Morris is a medium-sized public school situated in Randolph, New Jersey. It awarded 19 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Raritan Valley Community College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Raritan Valley Community College is a public institution located in Branchburg, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Cecil College ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cecil College is a small school located in North East, Maryland that handed out 4 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Luzerne County Community College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Luzerne County Community College is located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #21, Montgomery County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Montco is a medium-sized public school situated in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. It awarded 18 associates’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Monroe Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Rochester, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified associates’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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Hudson County Community College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. HCCC is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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Corning Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #24. Corning, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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Onondaga Community College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s parks and rec degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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