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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,203 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,602 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #25 most popular major in Connecticut with 78 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to see which 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 Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

$11,882 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Connecticut State University to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a degree in Connecticut. SCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SCSU are $11,882 per year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Southern Connecticut State University Report

$18,524 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

UCONN undergraduate students pay an average of $18,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN also took the #5 spot in our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 243
Rhode Island 36
New Hampshire 189
Maine 3
Vermont 16

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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