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Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #18 most popular major in Maryland with 832 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Maryland to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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.

The school below is the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the most popular school in Maryland for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

Women make up 50% of the parks and rec majors at the school.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Maryland - College Park Report

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

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,047
Pennsylvania 2,734
New York 2,477
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

Majors Similar to Parks & Rec

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.

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