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2023 Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$31,335 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,066 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies School for You

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #21 most popular major in Montana with 94 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Montana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Check out the parks and rec programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies School

#1

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT
$31,335 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rocky Mountain College the best value school in Montana for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Billings, Rocky is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rocky are $31,335 per year. While working on their degree, parks and rec majors at Rocky accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Rocky also took the #4 spot in our Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Montana rankings.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Rocky Mountain College Report

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,093
Utah 1,178
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

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 values are for the top school 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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