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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$31,261 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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 #18 most popular major in the country with 10,452 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for parks and rec students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the parks and rec doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Temple University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $24,812 per year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Temple University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Maryland - College Park

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $33,215 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 327
Pennsylvania 610
Maryland 32
New Jersey 79
District of Columbia 213
Delaware 23

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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