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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in South Dakota

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in South Dakota

2 Colleges
$33,236 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

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

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones were the most popular 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named Black Hills State University the most popular school in South Dakota for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. BHSU is a small public school located in the town of Spearfish.

Read full report on Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Black Hills State University

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the most popular school in South Dakota for parks, recreation and leisure studies students. USD is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Vermillion.

Parks & Rec majors at USD take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of South Dakota Report

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 175
Minnesota 64
Kansas 25
Iowa 113
Nebraska 63
North Dakota 0

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

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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