Highest Earning Master's Parks & Recreation Programs

These are the highest earning master's parks & recreation programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Columbia University in the City of New York leading at $107,139.

Rank Institution Program State Earnings Completers
1 Columbia University in the City of New York Sports & Fitness NY $107,139 86
2 CUNY Brooklyn College Sports & Fitness NY $88,828 8
3 Northwestern University Sports & Fitness IL $82,178 67
4 Georgetown University Sports & Fitness DC $81,035 166
5 Drexel University Sports & Fitness PA $79,407 13
6 Adelphi University Sports & Fitness NY $79,199 15
7 University of San Francisco Sports & Fitness CA $78,521 93
8 Rutgers University-New Brunswick Sports & Fitness NJ $77,323 25
9 Western Carolina University Sports & Fitness NC $77,046 29
10 University of Central Florida Sports & Fitness FL $76,984 59
11 University of Arkansas Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management AR $75,025 21
12 Plymouth State University Sports & Fitness NH $73,964 18
13 Northeastern University Sports & Fitness MA $73,724 5
14 Northeastern University Professional Programs Sports & Fitness MA $73,724 40
15 California State University-Fresno Sports & Fitness CA $72,853 20
16 California State University-Long Beach Sports & Fitness CA $72,540 109
17 California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Sports & Fitness CA $72,162 14
18 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sports & Fitness NC $71,951 26
19 Concordia University-Irvine Sports & Fitness CA $71,776 237
20 Southern Methodist University Sports & Fitness TX $71,193 46
21 Temple University Sports & Fitness PA $70,566 58
22 American Public University System Sports & Fitness WV $70,509 172
23 Texas A&M University-College Station Sports & Fitness TX $70,383 70
24 University of South Florida Sports & Fitness FL $70,317 45
25 St. John's University-New York Sports & Fitness NY $69,548 41
26 Gonzaga University Sports & Fitness WA $69,533 24
27 Manhattanville University Sports & Fitness NY $69,345 11
28 Central Washington University Sports & Fitness WA $69,174 28
29 University of Florida Sports & Fitness FL $68,986 168
30 California Baptist University Sports & Fitness CA $68,926 86
31 Ohio University-Main Campus Sports & Fitness OH $68,913 137
32 United States Sports University Sports & Fitness AL $67,850 16
33 University of South Carolina-Columbia Sports & Fitness SC $67,786 38
34 Southern Connecticut State University Sports & Fitness CT $67,232 24
35 Wayne State University Sports & Fitness MI $66,774 44
36 Coastal Carolina University Sports & Fitness SC $66,494 15
37 Concordia University-Chicago Sports & Fitness IL $66,304 214
38 Texas Tech University Sports & Fitness TX $66,230 39
39 University of Memphis Sports & Fitness TN $66,104 47
40 Florida Atlantic University Sports & Fitness FL $66,095 15
41 Belmont University Sports & Fitness TN $65,709 46
42 Northern Illinois University Sports & Fitness IL $65,493 17
43 Sul Ross State University Sports & Fitness TX $65,321 27
44 Austin Peay State University Sports & Fitness TN $65,250 18
45 Indiana University-Bloomington Sports & Fitness IN $65,164 23
46 Point Loma Nazarene University Sports & Fitness CA $64,937 61
47 Texas State University Sports & Fitness TX $64,908 49
48 University of Virginia-Main Campus Sports & Fitness VA $64,896 14
49 University of West Florida Sports & Fitness FL $64,699 20
50 Clemson University Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management SC $64,371 31

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes master's programs in CIP family 31 (Parks & Recreation) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.