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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Associate Degree Schools

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In 2020-2021, 3,106 people earned a degree or certificate in parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the #169 most popular in the United States.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College the most popular online school in the United States for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 42% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Central Georgia Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the United States. CGTC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Warner Robins.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at East Mississippi Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the United States. EMCC is a small public school located in the remote area of Scooba.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota College at Bottineau. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Associate Degree Schools list. MSU-Bottineau is a small public school located in the remote area of Bottineau.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

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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.

  • 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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