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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,313 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,359 Avg Salary

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

With 58 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation and leisure studies is the #153 most popular major in Washington.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value programs for parks and rec students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for parks and rec majors pursuing a .

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

$7,922 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Washington University the best value school in Washington for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EWU are $7,922 a year.

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$8,703 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Western Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in Washington. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WWU are $8,703 a year. Parks & Rec majors at WWU take out an average of $19,450 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $319.

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Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 668
Oregon 41
Nevada 0
Alaska 7

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 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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