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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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

In 2020-2021, 36 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which master'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.

Check out the parks and rec master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Rhode Island.

Our 2023 rankings named Johnson & Wales University - Online the most popular school in Rhode Island for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Women make up 30% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

Of the 9 students majoring in parks and rec at URI, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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Out of the 3 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the # 3 spot on the list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

Women make up 50% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 243
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

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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