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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Rhode Island

4 Colleges
$32,446 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 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.

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 Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island.

#1

Providence College

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Providence College to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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The excellent programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Rhode Island. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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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 4 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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