2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 78 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure facilities management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management

#1

Gogebic Community College

Ironwood, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$7,942 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Gogebic Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Ironwood, Michigan, and it awarded 5 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gogebic Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,942 for associate degree parks administration students per year to attend Gogebic Community College.

Full Gogebic Community College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

#2

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California

#2 in overall quality

$1,729 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. San Antonio College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for an Associate. Located in Walnut, California, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

Mt. SAC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mt. SAC is $1,729 for Associate Degree Parks Administration students.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Mt. San Antonio College

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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