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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Fort Lewis College

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Fort Lewis College

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

FLC is located in Durango, Colorado and approximately 3,469 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, & Fitness Studies section at the bottom of this page.

FLC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

FLC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at FLC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness 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 FLC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Fort Lewis College.

FLC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 47% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Fort Lewis College with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 23
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 29

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks & rec major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Fort Lewis College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education 55
Outdoor Education 10

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 CO, the home state for Fort Lewis College.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
General and Operations Managers 39,200 $131,920
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 9,040 $46,330
Managers 8,940 $138,490
Coaches and Scouts 7,930 $38,470
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors 2,350 $56,240

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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