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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Howard University

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Howard Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at Howard 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 Howard

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

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

76% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 58
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 0
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 23

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education 79
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 13

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
General and Operations Managers 25,930 $150,970
Managers 19,910 $147,460
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 1,040 $56,670
Coaches and Scouts 640 $66,650
Athletic Trainers 70 $68,470

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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