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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Arizona

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Arizona

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$31,867 Avg Salary
$24,382 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arizona to see which 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.

Check out the parks and rec programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Arizona.

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in Arizona for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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The excellent programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools 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).

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