2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

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In 2019-2020, 3,432 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States.

Across New Hampshire, there were 89 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 72 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in New Hampshire

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$24,067 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 59 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $24,067 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students per year to attend UNH.

The low 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

#2

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$29,082 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire. NEC is a small school located in Henniker, New Hampshire that handed out 13 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

NEC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $29,082 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students per year to attend NEC.

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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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