Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Alcorn State University

Every parks, recreation and leisure studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the parks and rec program at Alcorn State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 3,230. In 2021, 6 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from Alcorn State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Alcorn State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Alcorn State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Alcorn State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Alcorn State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Alcorn State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at Alcorn State University.

Alcorn State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 parks and rec majors earned their bachelor's degree from Alcorn State. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Alcorn State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks and rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alcorn State University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alcorn State also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

Careers That Parks & Rec Grads May Go Into

A degree in parks and rec can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Alcorn State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	150	$62,070

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jack E. Boucher under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.