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Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$23,574 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,183 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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 programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies School

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECU are $23,574 per year.

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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 0
North Carolina 4
South Carolina 0

More Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings in the Southeast Region

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

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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