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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$23,301 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,979 Avg Salary

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

With 165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #18 most popular major in Vermont.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Vermont 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Vermont

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

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

Our analysis found Northern Vermont University to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Vermont. Located in the rural area of Johnson, Northern Vermont University is a public college with a small student population.

Northern Vermont University undergraduate students pay an average of $12,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Castleton University

Castleton, VT

Out of the 3 schools in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Castleton University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Castleton is a small public school located in the town of Castleton.

Castleton undergraduate students pay an average of $13,078 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Norwich University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Vermont. Located in the town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Norwich undergraduate students pay an average of $44,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Norwich is ranked #2 for overall quality for parks and rec in Vermont.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Norwich University Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 569
Maine 200
Rhode Island 291
Massachusetts 1,195
Connecticut 332

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

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 3 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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