2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

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 “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 73 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure facilities management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree parks administration students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Far Western US Region

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$15,397 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $15,397 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students per year to attend Central Washington University.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Central Washington University

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for EWU is $12,607 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management

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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