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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Baker University

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Baker University

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies, you may want to check out the program at Baker University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Baker is located in Baldwin City, Kansas and approximately 2,279 students attend the school each year.

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

Baker Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
  • Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Baker

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Baker offers distance education options for parks & rec at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Baker Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at Baker is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Baker

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Baker University.

Baker Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

35% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 65% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at Baker are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 24
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Baker Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

23% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 77% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

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Of the students who received a parks & rec master's degree from Baker, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the parks & rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks & rec major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baker University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education 39
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 2

Careers That Parks & Rec Grads May Go Into

A degree in parks & 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 KS, the home state for Baker University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
General and Operations Managers 18,240 $97,920
Coaches and Scouts 3,750 $35,390
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 3,190 $37,260
Managers 2,420 $102,560
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors 1,340 $51,720

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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