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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in North Dakota

3 Colleges
$36,588 Avg Salary
$26,244 Avg Student Debt

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

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #13 most popular major in North Dakota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in North Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Dakota 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.

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

#1

University of Mary

Bismarck, ND

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mary the most popular school in North Dakota for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. UMary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Bismarck.

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The excellent programs at Minot State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in North Dakota. Located in the town of Minot, MSU is a public school with a small student population.

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#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in North Dakota list. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 50
Missouri 247
Minnesota 151
Iowa 136
Nebraska 36
South Dakota 61

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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