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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$8,117 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 #13 most popular major in Georgia with 1,981 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Georgia 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

#1

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Our analysis found Georgia Southern University to be the best value school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Georgia. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GaSou are $7,100 a year.

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#2

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Augusta 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 Georgia. Augusta University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Augusta.

Augusta University graduate students pay an average of $7,444 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, Augusta University is ranked #4 for overall quality for parks and rec in Georgia.

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#3

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of West Georgia is a great value for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of West Georgia are $6,488 a year.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of West Georgia Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at KSU Georgia are $7,224 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Georgia State are $9,292 a year.

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#6

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #6, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UGA are $11,156 a year.

UGA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

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

Explore all the Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges 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
Mississippi 1,128
South Carolina 1,339
Louisiana 703
Alabama 959
Kentucky 1,141
Tennessee 2,462

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 6 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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