Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Carson - Newman University

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

Carson - Newman is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee and approximately 2,911 students attend the school each year. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carson - Newman University in 2021, 3 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.

Carson - Newman Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Carson - Newman Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Carson - Newman 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 Carson - Newman 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
	27
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Carson - Newman

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

Carson - Newman Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from Carson - Newman in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Carson - Newman since its program graduates 56% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Carson - Newman University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

Carson - Newman 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 TN, the home state for Carson - Newman University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	130	$56,890

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 Polly clip under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.