Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Indiana University - Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and approximately 43,064 students attend the school each year. Of the 7,959 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University - Bloomington in 2021, 134 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.

IU Bloomington Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

IU Bloomington Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks and rec major at IU Bloomington 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.

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in parks and rec from IU Bloomington. This makes it the #2 most popular school for parks and rec master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Parks & Rec Graduates from IU Bloomington Make?

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at IU Bloomington is $35,063. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $31,674 for all parks and rec bachelor's degree recipients.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at IU Bloomington

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

IU Bloomington Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 134 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from IU Bloomington in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at IU Bloomington 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 Indiana University - Bloomington with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	113
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

IU Bloomington Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from IU Bloomington in 2020-2021, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from IU Bloomington, 92% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana University - Bloomington with a master's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

IU Bloomington 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

• Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
• Health & Physical Education

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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Bloomington.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	370	$62,390

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.