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

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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. 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.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master'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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Southwest Region for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their master’s degree. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Of the 7 students majoring in parks and rec at OSU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Of the 6 students majoring in parks and rec at ASU - Tempe, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation and leisure studies colleges 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 4 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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