2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management is the 187th most popular major in the country with 3,432 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 384 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure facilities management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree parks administration students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

La Crosse, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$20,038 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

UW - La Crosse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - La Crosse are $20,038, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

WIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s parks administration degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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