2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 63 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation and leisure studies is the #90 most popular major in Nebraska.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Nebraska to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for parks and rec students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska

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

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

#1

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE

3 Bachelor's Degrees

#6 in Quality in Nebraska

$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Nebraska at Omaha to be the best value school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Nebraska. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.

UNOMAHA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, NE

60 Bachelor's Degrees

#9 in Quality in Nebraska

$7,940 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

UNK undergraduate students pay an average of $7,940 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, parks and rec graduates from UNK take out $18,511 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $133, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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