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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in North Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$8,163 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,588 Avg Salary

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

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #13 most popular major in North Dakota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in North Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies School

$8,163 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Minot State University the best value school in North Dakota for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the town of Minot, MSU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MSU are $8,163 a year.

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

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 50
Missouri 247
Minnesota 151
Iowa 136
Nebraska 36
South Dakota 61

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 values are for the top school 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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