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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,815 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,560 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies School for You

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the #199 most popular major in New York with 18 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

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

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges.

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies School

#1

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, NY
$8,815 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named SUNY Cortland the best value school in New York for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. Located in the distant town of Cortland, SUNY Cortland is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Cortland are $8,815 per year.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at SUNY Cortland Report

Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 0
Maryland 0

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 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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