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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,340 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,500 Avg Salary

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

With 151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #21 most popular major in Colorado.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Colorado 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. 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.

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

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

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 Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in Colorado for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $13,313 per year.

Colorado State also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Northern Colorado helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Colorado. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $13,366 per year.

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Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 49
Montana 4
Idaho 38
Wyoming 11

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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