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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at McNeese State University

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and approximately 7,284 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.

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

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

Online Classes Are Available at McNeese

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.

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

Master’s Degree

McNeese Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at McNeese 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 McNeese

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

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

66% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at McNeese 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 McNeese State University with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

41% Women

41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

In the parks & rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	87

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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
General and Operations Managers	27,790	$115,060
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,420	$32,620
Coaches and Scouts	1,560	$55,210
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	940	$42,560

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
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