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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is the #14 most popular major in California with 11,237 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which graduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our analysis found National University to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great place for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their graduate certificate. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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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 Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 673
Oregon 629
Hawaii 171
Nevada 273
Alaska 35

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 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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