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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Emporia State University

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Emporia State University

What traits are you looking for in a parks & rec school? To help you decide if Emporia State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's parks & rec program.

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 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 Studies section at the bottom of this page.

ESU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

ESU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at ESU 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at ESU

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

ESU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical parks & rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at ESU since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks & rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

If you plan to be a parks & 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 Emporia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 8

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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 60 $67,910

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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