2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking.

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 North Carolina, there were 444 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 47 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” 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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The parks administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina”.

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Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified masters’s parks administration students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Carolina State University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Parks Administration Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 10 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918.

Full UNC Greensboro Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Southeast Region
• 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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