Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Emporia State University

Every parks, recreation and leisure studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the parks and rec program at Emporia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 students attend the school each year. Of the 735 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in 2021, 8 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.

ESU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

ESU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	13
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
	45

Earnings of ESU Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at ESU is $31,662. 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 ESU

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

ESU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from ESU in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks and 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 and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ESU 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

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.