2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 70 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 24 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Far Western US Region

1

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region list. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Eastern Washington University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Top 25% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 9 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Central Washington University

3

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Top 25% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region list. UNLV is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 0 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

3

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Far Western US Region. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 0 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

• Most Focused Bachelor’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

• *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.