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

3 Colleges
$69,500 Avg Salary

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

With 136 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #14 most popular major in Iowa.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Our analysis found University of Northern Iowa to be the best school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Iowa 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 Iowa. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Iowa. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 50
Missouri 247
Minnesota 151
North Dakota 36
Nebraska 36
South Dakota 61

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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NPS Photo/Zurbuch.

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