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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor'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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 50% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation and leisure studies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 12
Arizona 98
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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