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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

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2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

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$69,500 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #12 most popular major in Tennessee with 287 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

Check out the parks and rec doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Middle Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

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Out of the 3 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 160
Florida 448
Virginia 433
North Carolina 289
Georgia 308
West Virginia 236
Louisiana 152
South Carolina 220
Kentucky 279
Arkansas 292
Alabama 216

Parks & Rec Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 9,742
Recreation Administration 441
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 206
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35
Outdoor Education 28

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Legal Professions 45,189
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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