2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Colleges for Veterans in Texas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Parks Administration” 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 Texas, there were 172 parks, recreation and leisure facilities management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Parks Administration” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in parks, recreation and leisure facilities management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent parks, recreation and leisure facilities management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Parks Administration

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Parks Administration”.

Top 2 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Colleges for Veterans in Texas

1

University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

2,038 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$9,999 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Parks Administration. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 80 ’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, UNT supports 40,953 students, and 2,038 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,138 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,999. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for 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.

Full University of North Texas Veteran Student Life Report

2

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

2,559 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$7,635 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Parks Administration list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 91 ’s parks administration degrees to qualified students.

Texas State also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 37,812 students enrolled at Texas State University, 2,559 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,197 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,635. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas State]](/colleges/texas-state-university-san-marcos/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
• Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Colleges for Veterans

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.