Highest Job Growth Bachelor's Parks & Recreation Programs

These are the highest job growth bachelor's parks & recreation programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with University of Iowa leading at 8.5%.

Rank	Institution	State	Growth	Completers
1	University of Iowa	IA	8.5%	543
2	California State University-Fullerton	CA	8.5%	542
3	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	8.5%	466
4	American Public University System	WV	8.5%	455
5	University of Memphis	TN	8.5%	424
6	Texas State University	TX	8.5%	423
7	California State University-Northridge	CA	8.5%	397
8	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	8.5%	395
9	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	8.5%	382
10	University of Houston	TX	8.5%	368
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	8.5%	365
12	San Diego State University	CA	8.5%	354
13	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	8.5%	331
14	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	8.5%	323
15	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	8.5%	322
16	University of Central Florida	FL	8.5%	321
17	California State University-Sacramento	CA	8.5%	318
18	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	8.5%	313
19	California State University-Fresno	CA	8.5%	304
20	Michigan State University	MI	8.5%	298
21	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	8.5%	296
22	University of North Texas	TX	8.5%	287
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	8.5%	279
24	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	8.5%	274
25	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	8.5%	272
26	James Madison University	VA	8.5%	272
27	Mississippi State University	MS	8.5%	268
28	California State University-Long Beach	CA	8.5%	264
29	San Jose State University	CA	8.5%	260
30	Georgia Southern University	GA	8.5%	260
31	Grand Canyon University	AZ	8.5%	259
32	Miami University-Oxford	OH	8.5%	257
33	Appalachian State University	NC	8.5%	255
34	Iowa State University	IA	8.5%	250
35	Towson University	MD	8.5%	247
36	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	8.5%	247
37	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	8.5%	245
38	Tarleton State University	TX	8.5%	240
39	University of Georgia	GA	8.5%	239
40	Kennesaw State University	GA	8.5%	239
41	Grand Valley State University	MI	8.5%	235
42	Syracuse University	NY	8.5%	235
43	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	8.5%	217
44	Oregon State University	OR	8.5%	215
45	Coastal Carolina University	SC	8.5%	215
46	Liberty University	VA	8.5%	215
47	University of Louisville	KY	8.5%	214
48	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	8.5%	210
49	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	8.5%	202
50	University of Kansas	KS	8.5%	201

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes bachelor's programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.