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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,852 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,788 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the #203 most popular major in Missouri with 1 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Missouri ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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

$8,852 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Missouri State University the best value school in Missouri for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Maryville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwest are $8,852 per year.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Northwest Missouri State University

Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 0
Iowa 9
South Dakota 0

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

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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