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

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

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and has a total student population of 2,820. Of the 611 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College in 2021, 62 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Canisius

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Canisius offers distance education options for parks and rec at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Canisius Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Canisius 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 Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	59
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	69
	82
	317

In 2021, 53 students received their master’s degree in parks and rec from Canisius. This makes it the #35 most popular school for parks and rec master’s degree candidates in the country.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Canisius

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

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

Of the 62 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from Canisius in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 37% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	43
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Canisius Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students earned a master's degree in parks and rec from Canisius. About 32% of these graduates were women and the other 68% were men.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from Canisius, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Canisius College with a master's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	40
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Canisius 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

If you plan to be a parks and rec major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Canisius College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	115

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service
• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	24,160	$59,520
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Coaches and Scouts	10,320	$56,320
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	5,400	$59,460

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 Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.