2023 Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” 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 Arkansas, there were 73 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 21 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The parks administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in Arkansas

1

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UARK Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Report

2

John Brown University
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

#3 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Arkansas for a Master’s list. Located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s parks administration students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management in the Southeast Region
• Most Popular 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.