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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies was ranked 9th in South Dakota. In fact, 61 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota 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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Related Majors for Parks & Rec

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

Most Popular Related Majors

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.