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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$13,152 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

With 478 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #14 most popular major in Ohio.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

Check out the parks and rec graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Our analysis found Ohio State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Ohio. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $12,425 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ohio State is ranked #5 for overall quality for parks and rec in Ohio.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

Miami University - Oxford graduate students pay an average of $13,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wright State University - Main Campus are $14,298 a year.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 797
Indiana 192
Wisconsin 117
Michigan 222

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.

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