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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Colleges
$28,979 Avg Salary
$24,973 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular online bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found California University of Pennsylvania to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue an online bachelor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

Of the 94 students majoring in parks and rec at Cal U, 68% are male and 32% are female.

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#2

Monroe College

Bronx, NY

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Monroe College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Monroe College is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

About 27% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 73% are male.

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#3

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Wilmington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 15% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 85% are male.

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#4

Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cairn University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Cairn is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Langhorne.

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Explore the most popular online parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,047
Pennsylvania 2,734
New York 2,477
Maryland 832
Delaware 342
District of Columbia 319

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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

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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