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

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

With 151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #21 most popular major in Colorado.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Colorado 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Our analysis found University of Denver to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

About 33% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 67% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their graduate certificate. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 49
Montana 4
Idaho 38
Wyoming 11

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 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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