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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Georgia Southern University

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Georgia Southern University

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

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949.

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.

GaSou Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

GaSou Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at GaSou 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 GaSou

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

GaSou Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

The following parks & rec concentations are available at Georgia Southern University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 51

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors 70 $65,410

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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