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Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Georgia

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

4 Colleges
$29,109 Avg Salary
$25,688 Avg Student Debt

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #13 most popular major in Georgia with 1,981 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Georgia to see which ones were the most popular online 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 .

#1

Shorter University

Rome, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Shorter University the most popular online school in Georgia for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students. Shorter is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Rome.

While working on their degree, parks and rec majors at Shorter accumulate an average of around $26,000 in student debt.

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Out of the 4 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Georgia Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. CGTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Warner Robins.

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#3

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Georgia Military College is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students pursuing an online degree. Located in the distant town of Milledgeville, Georgia Military College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Toccoa Falls College

Toccoa Falls, GA

Out of the 4 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Toccoa Falls College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Toccoa Falls, Toccoa Falls is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,436
West Virginia 1,238
Mississippi 1,128
South Carolina 1,339
Florida 2,340
Virginia 1,729
Arkansas 1,012
Alabama 959
Kentucky 1,141
Tennessee 2,462
Louisiana 703

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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