2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management is the 231st most popular major in the country with 2,937 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the parks, recreation and leisure facilities management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree vets studying parks administration.

Top 2 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado

1,606 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$10,701 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 32,428 students enrolled at Colorado State, 1,606 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,183 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,701. To help with additional expenses, 68 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State Veteran Student Life Report

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

922 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Parks Administration for a Doctorate list. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Clemson also took the #1 spot in our “Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 922 of the 26,406 students enrolled at Clemson were GI Bill® students, of which 429 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,920. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Clemson Veteran Student Life Report

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.