Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at California State University - Fresno

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

Fresno State is located in Fresno, California and has a total student population of 25,497. Of the 5,099 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Fresno in 2021, 37 of them were parks, recreation and leisure studies majors.

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.

Fresno State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Fresno State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Fresno 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 Fresno 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
	39
Most Focused Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52

Earnings of Fresno State Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fresno State is $34,067. This is 8% higher than $31,674, which is the national average for all parks and rec bachelor's degree recipients.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Fresno State

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

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

The parks and rec program at Fresno State awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 California State University - Fresno with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Fresno 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Fresno.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	2,030	$114,220

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.