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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,410 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,687 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master'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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Vermont ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Vermont to see which ones offered the best value master'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. 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.

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

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Vermont the best value school in Vermont for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. UVM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Burlington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UVM are $14,580 per year.

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#2

Castleton University

Castleton, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont list. Castleton is a small public school located in the town of Castleton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Castleton are $12,240 a 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
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 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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