by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Rhode Island” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Rhode Island, there were 291 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,446 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,718 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Rhode Island” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 Rhode Island”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Rhode Island”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Online landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Rhode Island. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 6 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks & Rec Major in Rhode Island. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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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