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

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$30,308 Avg Salary
$28,262 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2020-2021, 23 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who went to a Delaware college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Delaware to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Delaware 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.

Check out the parks and rec programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Delaware.

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware State University the most popular school in Delaware for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the small city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Wesley College

Dover, DE

The excellent programs at Wesley College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Delaware. Located in the small city of Dover, Wesley College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Delaware list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 327
Pennsylvania 610
Maryland 32
New Jersey 79
District of Columbia 213

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.

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