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

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$31,907 Avg Salary
$22,850 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 Arizona college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Arizona to see which 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the most popular school in Arizona for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Prescott College

Prescott, AZ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Prescott College is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the small city of Prescott, Prescot College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Arizona. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 843
Oklahoma 276
New Mexico 25

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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