2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management is the 231st most popular major in the country with 2,937 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 380 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Great Lakes Region

1

Gogebic Community College
Ironwood, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gogebic Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Gogebic Community College is located in Ironwood, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Gogebic Community College

2

Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it awarded 2 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Indiana Tech Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

3

Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin

Top 10% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Madison Area Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region. Madison College is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 associates’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

Full Madison Area Technical College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

4

Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moraine Valley Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Moraine Valley Community College is a public institution located in Palos Hills, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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

5

Lakeland Community College
Kirtland, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lakeland Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Kirtland, Ohio, and it awarded 0 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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

5

Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Illinois College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Harrisburg, Illinois, and it awarded 2 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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

• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Glen Santy.