Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and approximately 933 students attend the school each year. Of the 163 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dakota Wesleyan University in 2021, 5 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.

Dakota Wesleyan University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Dakota Wesleyan University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks parks and rec programs across the country. The following shows how Dakota Wesleyan University performed in these rankings.

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 Dakota Wesleyan University 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	346
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	393
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	588
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	1,140

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Dakota Wesleyan University

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

Dakota Wesleyan University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

The parks and rec program at Dakota Wesleyan University awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Dakota Wesleyan University 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 Dakota Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	5

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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 SD, the home state for Dakota Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
General and Operations Managers	3,670	$125,490
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,150	$31,790
Coaches and Scouts	770	$34,370
Managers	370	$99,030
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	170	$50,870

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 Jake DeGroot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.