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Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Undergraduate Certificate 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.

The Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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 school below is the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Red Rocks Community College the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.

About 31% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 69% are male.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Red Rocks Community College Report

Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation and leisure studies colleges 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 values are for the top school 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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