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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,292 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,979 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for parks and rec students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Our analysis found University of Southern Maine to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Maine. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

University of Southern Maine undergraduate students pay an average of $9,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of New England helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Maine. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Biddeford.

UNE undergraduate students pay an average of $39,820 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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 Value 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.

Saint Joseph’s Maine undergraduate students pay an average of $39,986 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Thomas College

Waterville, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Waterville.

Thomas College undergraduate students pay an average of $29,152 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NPS Photo/Zurbuch.

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