Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Charleston Southern University

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

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 3,350 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from CSU.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

CSU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at CSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	388
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	467
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	498

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at CSU

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

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

Of the 26 parks and rec students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSU, about 31% were men and 69% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Charleston Southern University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CSU 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 Charleston Southern University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Charleston Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	26

Related Majors

• 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 SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
General and Operations Managers	32,520	$101,400
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	3,430	$34,170
Coaches and Scouts	3,390	$50,250
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,860	$48,140
Managers	1,760	$100,890

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 CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.