by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 North Carolina, there were 3,565 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,466 and $26,583 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 246 parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree parks & rec students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wingate University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Wingate, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s parks and rec degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Wingate Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 32 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full East Carolina University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 30 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full North Carolina State University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #5 spot on the list. WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 masters’s parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Western Carolina University
North Carolina Central University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s parks and rec students in 2020-2021.
Appalachian State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking. Appalachian State University is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 21 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Appalachian State University
With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s parks and rec degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at UNC Chapel Hill
Wake Forest University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 10 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Wake Forest University
Barton College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Wilson, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Barton College
Gardner - Webb University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #11. Gardner - Webb is a small school located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina that handed out 6 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Gardner - Webb University
Lenoir - Rhyne University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hickory, North Carolina. It awarded 5 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Lenoir - Rhyne University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
Catawba College ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Salisbury, North Carolina, and it awarded 29 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Catawba College
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Parks & Rec Major in North Carolina for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 25 masters’s parks and rec degrees in 2020-2021.
Full JWU Charlotte Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Report
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