Highest Job Growth Master's Parks & Recreation Programs

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

Rank	Institution	State	Growth	Completers
1	Concordia University-Irvine	CA	8.5%	237
2	Concordia University-Chicago	IL	8.5%	214
3	Pennsylvania Western University	PA	8.5%	191
4	Liberty University	VA	8.5%	186
5	American Public University System	WV	8.5%	172
6	University of Florida	FL	8.5%	168
7	Georgetown University	DC	8.5%	166
8	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	OK	8.5%	165
9	Arkansas State University	AR	8.5%	154
10	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	8.5%	137
11	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	8.5%	127
12	Florida State University	FL	8.5%	125
13	California State University-Long Beach	CA	8.5%	109
14	Logan University	MO	8.5%	107
15	University of San Francisco	CA	8.5%	93
16	California Baptist University	CA	8.5%	86
17	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	8.5%	86
18	Georgia Southern University	GA	8.5%	84
19	Concordia University-Saint Paul	MN	8.5%	82
20	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	8.5%	80
21	University of Northern Colorado	CO	8.5%	72
22	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	8.5%	70
23	Tarleton State University	TX	8.5%	68
24	Illinois State University	IL	8.5%	67
25	Northwestern University	IL	8.5%	67
26	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	PA	8.5%	65
27	National University	CA	8.5%	63
28	University of Miami	FL	8.5%	62
29	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	8.5%	62
30	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	8.5%	61
31	Canisius University	NY	8.5%	61
32	University of Central Florida	FL	8.5%	59
33	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	8.5%	59
34	Boston College	MA	8.5%	59
35	Temple University	PA	8.5%	58
36	University of Louisville	KY	8.5%	55
37	James Madison University	VA	8.5%	55
38	University of Georgia	GA	8.5%	54
39	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	8.5%	54
40	Clemson University	SC	8.5%	51
41	East Texas A&M University	TX	8.5%	51
42	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	8.5%	50
43	Texas State University	TX	8.5%	49
44	Miami University-Oxford	OH	8.5%	48
45	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	8.5%	48
46	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	8.5%	47
47	University of Memphis	TN	8.5%	47
48	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	8.5%	47
49	Belmont University	TN	8.5%	46
50	Southern Methodist University	TX	8.5%	46

Methodology

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