2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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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 the New England region, there were 301 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 37 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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 Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the New England Region

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at UNH

#2

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

#3 in overall quality

$15,764 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College landed the #2 spot on the list. New England College is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

NEC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New England College are $15,764, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at NEC

#3

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 17 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

SCSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCSU are $26,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Connecticut State University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

• Best Value Master’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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