Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Berry College

If you plan to study parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, take a look at what Berry College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Berry is located in Mount Berry, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,125. Of the 493 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Berry College in 2021, 45 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Berry Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Berry 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 Berry 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
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	149
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	301
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	392
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	408
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Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	441

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Berry

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

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

Of the 45 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in parks and rec from Berry in 2021, 44% were men and 56% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Berry 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 Berry College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Berry 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

The following parks and rec concentations are available at Berry College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Berry College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	45

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Berry College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,030	$45,540
Coaches and Scouts	4,970	$45,510
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,460	$46,990

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 Froggerlaura under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.