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

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 “Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Florida for a Master’s” 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 Florida, there were 341 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 30 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs in the United States.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree parks administration students.

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

1

Florida International University
Miami, Florida

#8 overall quality in Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 24 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 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#1 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Parks Administration Major in Florida for a Master’s list. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s parks administration degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, 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 97%.

Read more about Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at University of Florida

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• 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

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