2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England 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 New England region, there were 289 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 $61,899 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the New England Region

1

New England College
Henniker, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. Henniker, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s parks administration degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Full NEC Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

2

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 27 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SCSU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

3

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 7 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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4

Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Parks Administration Major in the New England Region list. Springfield College is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 8 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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

• Most Focused 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

• *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.