Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at California State University - Monterey Bay

If you plan to study parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies, take a look at what California State University - Monterey Bay has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and approximately 7,409 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

CSUMB Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at CSUMB 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 CSUMB

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks & 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 - Monterey Bay with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	26
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 California State University - Monterey Bay. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	154

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service

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 CA, the home state for California State University - Monterey Bay.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	38,340	$51,580
Coaches and Scouts	25,750	$45,600
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	9,780	$59,640

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 DirectorG at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.