by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 73,813 people earned their degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States. 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 Virginia, there were 1,741 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,990 and $25,658 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,633 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Virginia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Old Dominion University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
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