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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,909 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,687 Avg Salary

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #12 most popular major in Utah with 1,178 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Master's Degree Schools in Utah to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Utah to see which master'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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Utah

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

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

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Utah. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U of U are $8,068 a year.

U of U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brigham Young University - Provo is a great value for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at BYU are $7,700 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #1 for overall quality for parks and rec in Utah.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USU are $7,366 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, USU is ranked #5 for overall quality for parks and rec in Utah.

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#4

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

Out of the 4 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Cedar City.

Southern Utah University graduate students pay an average of $8,294 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,093
Montana 94
Idaho 249
Wyoming 126

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 4 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.

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