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

2 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 #15 most popular major in Missouri with 1,342 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri 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 2023 rankings named Missouri Southern State University the most popular school in Missouri for parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

About 42% of the students majoring in parks and rec at the school are women while 58% are male.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Missouri Southern State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend WellSpring School of Allied Health - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. WellSpring - Kansas City is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

Full Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at WellSpring School of Allied Health - Kansas City Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 710
Minnesota 1,139
Iowa 1,491
South Dakota 342
Nebraska 429
North Dakota 266

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 2 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.

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