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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$9,754 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,500 Avg Salary

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

With 843 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #16 most popular major in Texas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Texas to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for parks and rec students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in Texas for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $7,704 per year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Texas Woman’s University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #3 for overall quality for parks and rec in Texas.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $9,727 per year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $10,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Baylor are $37,674 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 36
Oklahoma 276
New Mexico 25

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 6 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.

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