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Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

With 243 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #24 most popular major in Massachusetts.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 school below is the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Salem State University to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.

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State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 36
Connecticut 78
New Hampshire 189
Maine 3
Vermont 16

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 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.

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