by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New Hampshire, there were 575 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,269 and $26,975 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 188 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,663 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The parks & rec school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire”.
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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire master’s degree parks & rec students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire. Plymouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s parks and rec degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire. Franklin Pierce University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rindge, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 13 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the #4 spot on the list. SNHU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 129 masters’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 University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in New Hampshire. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 16 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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