Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Ferrum College

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

Ferrum College is located in Ferrum, Virginia and approximately 972 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Ferrum College.

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.

Ferrum College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Ferrum College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Ferrum College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Ferrum College 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 Schools	2
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	67

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Ferrum College

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

Ferrum College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Ferrum College. About 90% were men and 10% were women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferrum College since its program graduates 46% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Ferrum College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ferrum College 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 VA, the home state for Ferrum College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA

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 MarmadukePercy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.