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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #29 most popular major in Maryland.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

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

Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor's Degree School

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

2 Doctor's Degrees

#1 in Quality in Maryland

$16,995 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $16,995 per year.

UMCP also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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.

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