Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Frostburg State University

If you plan to study parks, recreation and leisure studies, take a look at what Frostburg State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Frostburg State is located in Frostburg, Maryland and approximately 4,857 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,077 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Frostburg State University in 2021, 2 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.

Frostburg State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Frostburg State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Frostburg State 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 Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	68
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	69

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Frostburg State

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

Frostburg State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from Frostburg State in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% 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 Frostburg State since its program graduates 56% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Frostburg State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Frostburg State 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
• Recreation Administration

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 MD, the home state for Frostburg State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	130	$68,540

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 Cmcnamee0 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.