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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,687 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students earned 236 degrees and certificates from a West Virginia school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in West Virginia 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 West Virginia

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 West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia rankings.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at American Public University System Report

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marshall University are $8,882 a year.

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#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $10,332 per year.

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

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at West Virginia University Report

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

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