Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Maryville University of Saint Louis

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

Maryville U is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 10,979 students attend the school each year. Of the 886 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Maryville University of Saint Louis in 2021, 49 of them were parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies majors.

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.

Maryville U Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Maryville U

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Maryville U offers distance education options for parks and rec at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Maryville U Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks parks and rec programs across the country. The following shows how Maryville U performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Maryville U 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
	7
Most Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Maryville U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at Maryville University of Saint Louis.

Maryville U Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 parks and rec students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Maryville U, about 59% were men and 41% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Maryville U 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 Maryville University of Saint Louis with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	38
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Maryville U 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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Maryville University of Saint Louis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	49

Related Majors

• Military Technologies & Applied Sciences

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 MO, the home state for Maryville University of Saint Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
General and Operations Managers	46,490	$105,280
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	4,590	$36,220
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Coaches and Scouts	3,380	$42,130
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,820	$47,590

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 Wilson Delgado under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.