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

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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 analysis found South Georgia Technical College to be the most popular school for parks, recreation and leisure studies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . 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.

Full Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at South Georgia Technical College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Georgia Technical College is a great place for parks, recreation and leisure studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. CGTC is a medium-sized public school located in the 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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