Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Baker University

What traits are you looking for in a parks and rec school? To help you decide if Baker University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's parks and rec program.

Baker is located in Baldwin City, Kansas and has a total student population of 2,279. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Baker.

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.

Baker Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Baker Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Baker 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	87
Most Focused Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	96
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	109

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Baker

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

Baker Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 parks and rec majors earned their bachelor's degree from Baker. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% 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 Baker since its program graduates 56% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Baker University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

Baker 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 KS, the home state for Baker University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	60	$67,910

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 Bhall87 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.