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

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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 #12 most popular major in Utah with 1,178 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 Utah to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Utah 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 Utah

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

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

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Utah. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Southern Utah University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Utah. Southern Utah University is a large public school located in the remote town of Cedar City.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,093
Montana 94
Idaho 249
Wyoming 126

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 5 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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