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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in District of Columbia

1 College
$34,207 Avg Salary
$21,848 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 213 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 school in District of Columbia offering online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges.

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the most popular online school in District of Columbia for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 327
Pennsylvania 610
Maryland 32
New Jersey 79
Delaware 23

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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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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