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2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$42,720 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is the #169 most popular major in the country with 3,106 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best school in the Great Lakes Region for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Toledo helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . University of Toledo is a fairly large public school located in the city of Toledo.

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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation and leisure studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 16
Ohio 101
Illinois 196
Indiana 161

One of 4 majors within the area of study, parks, recreation and leisure studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 67,146
Recreation Administration 3,122
Outdoor Education 265
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 174

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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