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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2 Colleges
$26,246 Avg Salary
$15,794 Avg Student Debt

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #15 most popular major in the country with 73,813 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found International Sports Sciences Association to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Carpinteria, ISSA is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 22% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 78% are male.

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#2

Compton College

Compton, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Compton College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Compton College is a small public school located in the suburb of Compton.

Women make up 57% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 11,237
Washington 673
Oregon 629
Hawaii 171
Nevada 273
Alaska 35

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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 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.

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