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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,688 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,687 Avg Salary

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

With 279 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #11 most popular major in Kentucky.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for parks and rec students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

Check out the parks and rec master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Our analysis found Northern Kentucky University to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kentucky. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

NKU graduate students pay an average of $10,284 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Kentucky University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Kentucky. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WKU are $12,140 a year.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 6 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UK are $13,674 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Morehead State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the remote town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Morehead State University graduate students pay an average of $10,557 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $13,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list.

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Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Eastern is a large public school located in the town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Eastern are $10,200 a year.

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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 Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 160
Florida 448
Virginia 433
Tennessee 287
North Carolina 289
Georgia 308
West Virginia 236
Louisiana 152
South Carolina 220
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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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