Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Mars Hill University

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation and leisure studies, you may want to check out the program at Mars Hill University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mars Hill is located in Mars Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,049. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Mars Hill.

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.

Mars Hill Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Mars Hill Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	12
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	71

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Mars Hill

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

Mars Hill Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from Mars Hill in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Mars Hill since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks and rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mars Hill 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

• 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 NC, the home state for Mars Hill University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,040	$62,790

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 Robert Cutts under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.