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

Every parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the parks and rec program at Merrimack College stacks up to those at other schools.

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 45 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from Merrimack.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Merrimack Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks parks and rec programs across the country. The following shows how Merrimack 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 Merrimack 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
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	301
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	578

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

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

Of the 45 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from Merrimack in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Merrimack 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 Merrimack College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Merrimack 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

If you plan to be a parks and 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 Merrimack College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	45

Related Majors

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

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 MA, the home state for Merrimack College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
General and Operations Managers	77,580	$135,820
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	11,880	$59,350
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Coaches and Scouts	7,280	$50,200
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,090	$56,430

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 Merrimack Colleges Church under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.