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

What traits are you looking for in a parks & rec school? To help you decide if Lynn University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's parks & rec program.

Lynn University Fighting Knights is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 3,232 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.

Lynn University Fighting Knights Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Lynn University Fighting Knights

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Lynn University Fighting Knights does offer online education options in parks & rec for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Lynn University Fighting Knights Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at Lynn University Fighting Knights 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 Lynn University Fighting Knights

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

Lynn University Fighting Knights Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at Lynn University Fighting Knights are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lynn University with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	20
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 Lynn University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	25

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service

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 FL, the home state for Lynn University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	16,120	$40,790
Coaches and Scouts	10,220	$45,710
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	8,870	$48,010

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.