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2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine

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$28,979 Avg Salary
$24,973 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #18 most popular major in Maine with 200 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for parks and rec majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top Maine Schools for a Bachelor's in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of New England the best school in Maine for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford.

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Out of the 4 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

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#4

Thomas College

Waterville, ME

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Thomas College is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Waterville.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 569
Rhode Island 291
Massachusetts 1,195
Connecticut 332
Vermont 165

Parks & Rec Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 67,146
Recreation Administration 3,122
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 3,106
Outdoor Education 265
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 174

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Legal Professions 61,055
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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