by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region” 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 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 Southeast region, there were 19,760 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,102 and $25,352 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15,849 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 271 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree parks & rec students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emmanuel College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Emmanuel College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Franklin Springs, Georgia. It awarded 26 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Voorhees College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Voorhees College is a small school located in Denmark, South Carolina that handed out 15 bachelors’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 Huntingdon College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region. Huntingdon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Montgomery, Alabama. It awarded 49 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chowan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 271 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alice Lloyd College landed the #5 spot on the list. Alice Lloyd is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. It awarded 14 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ecclesia College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Ecclesia College is a small school located in Springdale, Arkansas that handed out 8 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Newberry College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Newberry, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 50 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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Crowley’s Ridge College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Crowley’s Ridge College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Paragould, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Crowley’s Ridge College
Brevard College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Brevard College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Brevard, North Carolina. It awarded 22 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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United States Sports Academy came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. United States Sports Academy is located in Daphne, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Saint Augustine’s University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. SAU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 15 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Central Baptist College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Alderson Broaddus University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Alderson Broaddus University is located in Philippi, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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Livingstone College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Livingstone College is located in Salisbury, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
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Bridgewater College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Bridgewater is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgewater, Virginia. It awarded 46 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Reinhardt University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Reinhardt University is a small school located in Waleska, Georgia that handed out 42 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Belmont Abbey College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Belmont Abbey College is a small school located in Belmont, North Carolina that handed out 39 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #18, Guilford College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Guilford is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 38 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Kentucky Wesleyan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. This small school is located in Owensboro, Kentucky, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bethune - Cookman University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.
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Coastal Carolina University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Conway, South Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 242 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #22, Allen University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Full Allen University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
Union College Kentucky did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. Union College Kentucky is a small school located in Barbourville, Kentucky that handed out 36 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Transylvania University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region list. Transylvania is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 26 bachelors’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Coker University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. Hartsville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks and rec degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
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Not only did these schools make the top 41 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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