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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,173 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,867 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 98 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation and leisure studies students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #134 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arizona 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 Arizona

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

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

$10,818 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU - Skysong are $10,818 a year. After completing their degree, parks and rec graduates from ASU - Skysong carry an average student debtload of $24,363.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in Arizona list.

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$11,527 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $11,527 per year. Parks & Rec majors at NAU take out an average of $24,437 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Northern Arizona University Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 12
Oklahoma 53
New Mexico 0

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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