by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 321 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 17 colleges that offered 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree parks administration students.
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana State University is a public institution located in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of St Francis is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Joliet, Illinois. It awarded 19 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region. WIU is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chicago State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago State University is a small public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 8 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Chicago State University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Illinois State is a large public school situated in Normal, Illinois. It awarded 87 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Illinois State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
Trinity Christian College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Palos Heights, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s parks administration students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Lake Superior State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Full Lake Superior State University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
Eastern Illinois University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Charleston, Illinois, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Baldwin Wallace University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Berea, Ohio, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Indiana Wesleyan University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Marion, Indiana, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Kent State University at Kent came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #13, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 23 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Western Michigan University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 5 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Michigan University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
Ball State University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s parks administration degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Indiana Institute of Technology came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Central Michigan Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report
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