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

2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named South Georgia Technical College the most popular school in the Southeast Region for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. South Georgia Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Americus.

Women make up 47% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Central Georgia Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular parks, recreation and leisure studies schools in the Southeast Region . CGTC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Warner Robins.

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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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 77
Virginia 74
North Carolina 125
Florida 0
Tennessee 3
Kentucky 3
South Carolina 13
Louisiana 25
Arkansas 80
Alabama 65
Mississippi 45
West Virginia 27

One of 4 majors within the area of study, parks, recreation and leisure studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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