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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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$28,979 Avg Salary
$24,973 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #24 most popular major in New Mexico with 141 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies program at each school on the list.

Check out the parks and rec bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New Mexico.

Our 2023 rankings named New Mexico State University - Main Campus the most popular school in New Mexico for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 37% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of the Southwest is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the rural area of Hobbs, USW is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in parks and rec at USW, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#3

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western New Mexico University is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

About 36% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 64% are male.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,071
Texas 7,380
Oklahoma 1,179

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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