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

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

Cornell College is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa and approximately 1,002 students attend the school each year. Of the 314 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell College in 2021, 26 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.

Cornell College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Cornell College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Cornell College 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 Cornell College 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 Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	33
	58
	60
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	468
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	591

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Cornell College

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

Cornell College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Cornell College. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Cornell College 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 Cornell College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cornell College 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 Cornell College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	26

Related Majors

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 IA, the home state for Cornell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Coaches and Scouts	4,590	$30,960
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	3,590	$32,880
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	880	$46,930

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 ArtisticAbode under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.