Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at John Brown University

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

JBU is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas and has a total student population of 2,343.

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.

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

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

JBU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at JBU 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 JBU

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at JBU 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 John Brown University with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

JBU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Of the students who received a parks & rec master's degree from JBU, 100% 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 John Brown University with a master's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	12
Outdoor Education	5
Recreation Administration	2

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for John Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
General and Operations Managers	20,440	$87,650
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Coaches and Scouts	1,410	$47,560
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,270	$43,010
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,260	$38,820

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 Tim Morgan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.