Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Davenport University

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

Davenport University is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and approximately 6,127 students attend the school each year.

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.

Davenport University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Davenport University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Davenport University offers distance education options for parks & rec at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Davenport University Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at Davenport 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Davenport University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Davenport University.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Davenport University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	37

Related Majors

Careers That Parks & Rec Grads May Go Into

A degree in parks & 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 MI, the home state for Davenport University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	7,030	$37,690
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,770	$47,880
Athletic Trainers	1,010	$51,230

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.