Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at East Los Angeles College

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

East Los Angeles College is located in Monterey Park, California and has a total student population of 33,397.

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.

East Los Angeles College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Parks & Rec

East Los Angeles College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at East Los Angeles College

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

East Los Angeles College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of parks and rec associate's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

East Los Angeles College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in parks and rec graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 East Los Angeles College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	47

Related Majors

• Legal Professions
• 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 CA, the home state for East Los Angeles College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	38,340	$51,580
Coaches and Scouts	25,750	$45,600
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	9,780	$59,640

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.