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

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

Loras is located in Dubuque, Iowa and approximately 1,404 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Loras.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Loras Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Loras compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Loras 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
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	44
	87

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Loras

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

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

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from Loras in 2020-2021, 56% were men and 44% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Loras 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 Loras College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	32

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Public Administration & Social Service

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 IA, the home state for Loras College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Coaches and Scouts	4,590	$30,960
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	3,590	$32,880
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	880	$46,930

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 Bahua at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.