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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the most popular online school in the Middle Atlantic Region for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their graduate certificate. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Drexel University 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 . Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at American 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 . The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. East Stroudsburg University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of East Stroudsburg.

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Explore the most popular online parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies colleges 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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