2026 Best Value Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
[Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies](/majors/parks-recreation-fitness/other-parks-recreation-fitness/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools to find the best return on investment for other parks, recreation & leisure studies students.
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2026 Best Value Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the other parks, recreation & leisure studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools
Our analysis ranked National Personal Training Institute Winter Park the best value for a degree in other parks, recreation & leisure studies in the Southeast Region. Set in the suburb of Orlando, National Personal Training Institute Winter Park is a small private for-profit institution. Typical student debt for other parks, recreation & leisure studies graduates is $6,333. Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies graduates of National Personal Training Institute Winter Park earn a median of $18,641 early in their careers.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 7 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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