Bachelor's degree · Parks, recreation and fitness · CIP 31.01
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 95 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies, together awarding 1,719 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $39,160 one year after finishing and $53,106 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,000 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 31 of 88; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 125 | $52,937 | $63,051 | $10,560 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 93 | $57,289 | $61,506 | $15,250 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington · Public | IN | 86 | $38,831 | $60,316 | $15,750 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 83 | $46,024 | $62,239 | $18,336 |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville · Public | AR | 78 | $35,096 | $55,815 | $21,000 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 70 | $45,299 | $61,601 | $19,750 |
| California State University-Chico Chico · Public | CA | 64 | $45,695 | $61,964 | $19,000 |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown · Public | PA | 60 | $40,216 | $62,884 | $25,000 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 57 | $45,007 | $60,202 | $12,500 |
| University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney · Public | NE | 47 | $35,165 | $57,298 | $18,000 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 45 | $44,283 | $51,568 | $21,236 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 40 | $43,465 | $61,027 | $13,750 |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff · Public | AZ | 38 | $40,206 | $59,130 | $19,500 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro · Public | NC | 35 | $38,446 | n/a | $25,000 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green · Public | OH | 34 | $40,454 | $55,883 | $23,345 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 33 | $47,020 | $64,308 | $16,250 |
| Western Washington University Bellingham · Public | WA | 32 | $35,429 | $52,534 | $19,213 |
| Shepherd University Shepherdstown · Public | WV | 31 | $38,691 | $65,086 | $23,250 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 31 | $37,289 | $58,563 | $24,875 |
| California State University-East Bay Hayward · Public | CA | 30 | $51,430 | $61,753 | $12,750 |
| Jacksonville State University Jacksonville · Public | AL | 30 | $36,443 | n/a | $25,500 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 29 | $44,179 | $33,548 | $23,167 |
| Radford University Radford · Public | VA | 28 | $37,028 | $51,896 | $22,474 |
| University of South Alabama Mobile · Public | AL | 28 | $39,145 | $49,008 | $26,250 |
| Northwest Missouri State University Maryville · Public | MO | 25 | $42,481 | n/a | $24,386 |
| Pittsburg State University Pittsburg · Public | KS | 25 | $33,149 | $51,622 | $16,485 |
| Georgia Southern University Statesboro · Public | GA | 23 | $39,586 | $49,308 | $24,375 |
| Western Colorado University Gunnison · Public | CO | 23 | $32,463 | $51,432 | n/a |
| Grambling State University Grambling · Public | LA | 22 | $38,150 | $46,592 | $37,189 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 21 | n/a | $75,624 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan University Marquette · Public | MI | 20 | $27,207 | $42,473 | $26,000 |
| University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls · Public | IA | 19 | $38,711 | $49,248 | $20,000 |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens · Public | OH | 18 | $33,390 | $53,677 | $23,581 |
| East Carolina University Greenville · Public | NC | 16 | $36,074 | $50,481 | $19,721 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 15 | $45,641 | n/a | n/a |
| Winona State University Winona · Public | MN | 15 | $38,844 | $51,356 | $19,875 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 14 | $46,097 | $57,839 | n/a |
| Southern Oregon University Ashland · Public | OR | 14 | n/a | $34,341 | n/a |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 13 | $44,283 | $51,568 | $21,236 |
| Emporia State University Emporia · Public | KS | 13 | n/a | $51,347 | n/a |
| Southern Utah University Cedar City · Public | UT | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield · Public | MO | 12 | n/a | $43,674 | n/a |
| University of Iowa Iowa City · Public | IA | 12 | $45,819 | $60,100 | $27,000 |
| Houghton University Houghton · Private nonprofit | NY | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco · Public | CA | 10 | $40,746 | $64,204 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale · Public | IL | 10 | $33,944 | $47,712 | n/a |
| CUNY Lehman College Bronx · Public | NY | 9 | $50,397 | n/a | n/a |
| Salem State University Salem · Public | MA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths · Private nonprofit | NY | 8 | n/a | $50,484 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh · Public | NY | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies?
- The College Scorecard lists 95 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies.
- How much do Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $39,160 one year after graduation (45 institutions reporting) and $53,106 five years after graduation (52 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: San Jose State University ($75,624), Shepherd University ($65,086), California State University-Fresno ($64,308), San Francisco State University ($64,204), and Brigham Young University ($63,051).
- How much student debt do Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies graduates have?
- The median institution's Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies graduates leave with $21,000 in federal student loans (35 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Brigham Young University (125), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (93), Indiana University-Bloomington (86), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (83), and University of Arkansas (78).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies (CIP code 31.01), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.