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

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

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master'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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Oklahoma State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Of the 7 students majoring in parks and rec at OSU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Of the 6 students majoring in parks and rec at ASU - Tempe, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 33% are male.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Northern Arizona University Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Texas A&M University - College Station

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 4 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).

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