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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,551 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 448 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Florida to see which graduate certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

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

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

UF not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

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#2

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNF graduate students pay an average of $10,364 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNF also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 160
North Carolina 289
Virginia 433
Tennessee 287
Georgia 308
South Carolina 220
Louisiana 152
West Virginia 236
Kentucky 279
Arkansas 292
Alabama 216

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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