2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, parks, recreation and leisure studies was ranked #223 in the country. In fact 206 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the parks and rec doctor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree School

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

2 Doctor's Degrees

#11 in Quality in the Great Lakes Region

$30,862 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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