Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Houghton College

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 Houghton College stacks up to those at other schools.

Houghton is located in Houghton, New York and approximately 902 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from Houghton.

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.

Houghton Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Houghton Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Houghton 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 Houghton 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	11
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Houghton

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

Houghton Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

The parks and rec program at Houghton awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Houghton 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 Houghton College 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	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Houghton 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 NY, the home state for Houghton College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,320	$78,150

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 college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.