by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado” ranking.
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 Colorado, there were 1,114 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,570 and $20,509 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 931 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree parks & rec students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Colorado University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Gunnison, Colorado, this small public school awarded 57 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Full Western Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. FLC is a small school located in Durango, Colorado that handed out 65 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mesa University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. Grand Junction, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 137 students in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado Mesa Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. Adams State University is located in Alamosa, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #5 spot on the list. Pueblo, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
Full Colorado State University - Pueblo Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
University of Northern Colorado did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 121 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado ranking. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 308 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 127 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full MSU Denver Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
With a ranking of #9, Regis University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Regis U
With a ranking of #10, Naropa University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Naropa University
Colorado Christian University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Colorado list. CCU is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
Full CCU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
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