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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Nevada

2 Colleges
$27,245 Avg Salary
$13,141 Avg Student Debt

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #19 most popular major in Nevada with 13 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Nevada ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nevada to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 .

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a degree in Nevada. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Nevada - Reno is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Nevada - Reno

Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 1,097
Washington 122
Oregon 67
Hawaii 12
Alaska 5

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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