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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Alaska

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Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 35 degrees and certificates were awarded to parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who went to a Alaska college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Alaska to see which ones were the most popular 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a degree in Alaska. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a large student population.

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#2

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, AK

The excellent programs at Alaska Pacific University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies schools in Alaska. Located in the large city of Anchorage, Alaska Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Alaska list. UAF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Southeast. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools in Alaska list. UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.

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Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 11,237
Washington 673
Oregon 629
Hawaii 171
Nevada 273

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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