2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 2,937 people earned their degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management, making the major the 231st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 140 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 1 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their parks, recreation and leisure facilities management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree parks administration students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa Central Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa Central Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Fort Dodge, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Vermilion Community College
Ely, Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermilion Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Vermilion Community College is a small public school situated in Ely, Minnesota. It awarded 0 associates’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

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• 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.