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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$12,920 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,687 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #12 most popular major in Tennessee with 287 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Tennessee 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

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

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

Our analysis found Middle Tennessee State University to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the city of Murfreesboro.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Middle Tennessee State University are $10,818 per year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Middle Tennessee State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tennessee Technological University is a great value for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Cookeville.

Tennessee Tech University graduate students pay an average of $11,762 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Tennessee. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

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#5

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Austin Peay State University is a great value for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. Austin Peay State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Clarksville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Austin Peay State University are $9,841 a year.

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#6

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

Tennessee State 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. Tennessee State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

Tennessee State University graduate students pay an average of $10,732 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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East Tennessee State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies programs. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ETSU are $10,736 per year.

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#8

Belmont University

Nashville, TN

Belmont 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 #8 on the list. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Belmont are $25,180 a year.

Belmont also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #3.

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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
North Carolina 289
Georgia 308
West Virginia 236
Louisiana 152
South Carolina 220
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

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

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 8 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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