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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$26,059 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,500 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #15 most popular major in the country with 73,813 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . UNLV is a very large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 a year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in the Far Western US Region . Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oregon State are $29,420 per year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Oregon State University Report

Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 11,237
Washington 673
Oregon 629
Hawaii 171
Nevada 273
Alaska 35

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 2 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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