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2023 Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Connecticut

1 College
$35,602 Avg Salary
$26,064 Avg Student Debt

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #23 most popular major in Connecticut with 332 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in Connecticut offering online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our analysis found Post University to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue an online degree in Connecticut. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

After completing their degree, parks and rec graduates from Post University carry an average student debtload of $33,750.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 569
Maine 200
Rhode Island 291
Massachusetts 1,195
Vermont 165

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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 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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