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Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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With 2,734 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies is the #15 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California University of Pennsylvania the most popular online school in Pennsylvania for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their graduate certificate. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the 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 Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. East Stroudsburg University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of East Stroudsburg.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 3 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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