Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798. Of the 5,233 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 33 of them were parks, recreation and leisure studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

ECU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

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 ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Parks, Recreation & Leisure 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 Studies Master’s Degree Schools	13
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Degree Schools	14
	64

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in parks and rec from ECU. This makes it the #13 most popular school for parks and rec master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ECU Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $26,887. This is less than $31,674, which is the national average of all parks and rec majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of parks and rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ECU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in parks and rec from ECU in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from ECU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

ECU also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,040	$62,790

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.