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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

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Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #12 most popular major in Tennessee with 287 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the most popular school in Tennessee for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

About 29% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 71% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 20% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 80% are male.

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Out of the 3 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 160
Florida 448
Virginia 433
North Carolina 289
Georgia 308
West Virginia 236
Louisiana 152
South Carolina 220
Kentucky 279
Arkansas 292
Alabama 216

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 averages are for the top 3 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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