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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Mississippi

2 Colleges
$28,783 Avg Salary
$26,161 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students earned 160 degrees and certificates from a Mississippi school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

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

#1

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Our analysis found Belhaven University to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue an online degree in Mississippi. Located in the city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

University of Mississippi

University, MS

The excellent online programs at University of Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Mississippi. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the remote town of University.

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 448
North Carolina 289
Virginia 433
Tennessee 287
Georgia 308
West Virginia 236
Louisiana 152
South Carolina 220
Kentucky 279
Arkansas 292
Alabama 216

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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 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.

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