Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Huntingdon College

Every parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness 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 Huntingdon College stacks up to those at other schools.

Huntingdon College is located in Montgomery, Alabama and approximately 920 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Huntingdon College.

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.

Huntingdon College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Huntingdon College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Huntingdon College 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 Huntingdon College 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	16
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	280
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	359
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	364
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	375
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	384
	410
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	410
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Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Huntingdon College

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

Huntingdon College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Huntingdon College. About 51% of these graduates were women and the other 49% were men.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Huntingdon College 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 Huntingdon College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Huntingdon College also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	49

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 AL, the home state for Huntingdon College.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
General and Operations Managers	28,600	$118,440
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,800	$34,660
Coaches and Scouts	2,420	$44,030
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,710	$43,060

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 Spyder Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.