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

4 Ranked Colleges
353 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor's in Florida

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 a Bachelor’s in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Florida, there were 374 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 353 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,173 and $25,318 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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 a Bachelor’s in Florida

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in Florida

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,302 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students per year to attend University of Florida.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 261 students in 2019-2020.

FIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIU is $7,296 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Florida International University

#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida list. Florida State is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 13 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State also made our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Florida State is $9,789 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - North Miami landed the #4 spot on the list. North Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami also took the #3 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. It costs about $22,909 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Parks Administration students per year to attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at JWU North Miami

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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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