Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Kingsborough Community College

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

KCC is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 15,116.

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.

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

• Associate’s Degree in Parks & Rec

KCC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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Parks & Rec Student Demographics at KCC

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

KCC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of parks and rec associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

KCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in parks and rec graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Kingsborough Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	35
Health & Physical Education	16

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 NY, the home state for Kingsborough Community 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.