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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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$42,720 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master'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. 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 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 master's degree.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the most popular school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in parks and rec at U of U, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 2 spot on the list. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

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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 Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 51
Utah 200
Montana 3
Wyoming 4

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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