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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

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$42,720 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 11 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation and leisure studies students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #142 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arizona to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in Arizona for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

About 83% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 17% are male.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Arizona State University - Tempe

Out of the 2 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 67% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Northern Arizona University

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 0
Oklahoma 7

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 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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