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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in New Hampshire

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,734 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,269 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students earned 189 degrees and certificates from a New Hampshire school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in New Hampshire ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in New Hampshire

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

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

$18,962 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Hampshire - Main Campus the best value school in New Hampshire for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNH are $18,962 a year.

UNH also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in New Hampshire list, coming in at #4.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

$14,492 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in New Hampshire list. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Plymouth State are $14,492 per year.

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$15,380 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern New Hampshire University is a great value for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

SNHU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Southern New Hampshire University Report

$42,100 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin Pierce University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in New Hampshire list. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Rindge.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Franklin Pierce are $42,100 per year.

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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 Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 243
Rhode Island 36
Connecticut 78
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 4 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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