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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$42,720 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree School for You

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the #223 most popular major in the country with 206 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University - Main Campus the best school in the Southwest Region for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their master’s degree. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation and leisure studies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 0
Arizona 11
Oklahoma 7

One of 4 majors within the area of study, parks, recreation and leisure studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 9,742
Recreation Administration 441
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35
Outdoor Education 28

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).

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