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

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

Bellarmine U is located in Louisville, Kentucky and approximately 3,293 students attend the school each year. Of the 702 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bellarmine University in 2021, 52 of them were parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies majors.

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.

Bellarmine U Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Bellarmine U Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Bellarmine U 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 Bellarmine U 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	262
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	275
	441
	449
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	510

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Bellarmine U

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

Bellarmine U Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of parks and rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Bellarmine U 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 Bellarmine University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	43
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bellarmine University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	52

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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 KY, the home state for Bellarmine University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Coaches and Scouts	2,520	$38,740
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,290	$36,800
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,250	$45,210

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 Braindrain0000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.