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2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

4 Colleges
$23,329 Avg Salary
$12,283 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Undergraduate Certificate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maryland to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for parks and rec majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found Prince George’s Community College to be the most popular school for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Maryland. PGCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Largo.

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#1

Howard Community College

Columbia, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Howard Community College the most popular school in Maryland for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, HCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Our 2023 rankings named Frederick Community College the most popular school in Maryland for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Frederick Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Frederick.

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#1

Montgomery College

Rockville, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Montgomery College the most popular school in Maryland for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Rockville, Montgomery College is a public college with a large student population.

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

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

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 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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