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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$27,173 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,979 Avg Salary

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

With 569 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #17 most popular major in New Hampshire.

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.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Hampshire to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for parks and rec students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Hampshire - Main Campus the best value school in New Hampshire for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNH are $18,962 per year.

UNH did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the remote town of Plymouth.

Plymouth State undergraduate students pay an average of $14,492 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SNHU are $15,380 a year.

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#4

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, NH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby - Sawyer College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Colby - Sawyer is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of New London.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Colby - Sawyer are $44,930 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colby - Sawyer is ranked #4 for overall quality for parks and rec in New Hampshire.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Franklin Pierce University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in New Hampshire. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Rindge.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Franklin Pierce are $42,100 per 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
Maine 200
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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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