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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Women make up 50% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

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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.

  • 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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