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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$9,157 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,500 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students earned 1,128 degrees and certificates from a Mississippi school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

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 Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for parks and rec students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi

Check out the parks and rec doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi State University the best value school in Mississippi for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Mississippi State is a very large public school located in the remote town of Mississippi State.

Mississippi State graduate students pay an average of $9,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Mississippi State also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #3.

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#2

University of Mississippi

University, MS

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Mississippi. Ole Miss is a fairly large public school located in the town of University.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ole Miss are $9,048 per year.

Ole Miss also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Mississippi. Southern Miss is a large public school located in the city of Hattiesburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern Miss are $9,204 a year.

Southern Miss also made our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #4.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Southern Mississippi Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,436
West Virginia 1,238
Florida 2,340
Virginia 1,729
Arkansas 1,012
South Carolina 1,339
Tennessee 2,462
Louisiana 703
Alabama 959
Kentucky 1,141
Georgia 1,981

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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