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

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

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 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.

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

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

Merrimack Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Merrimack

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & 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 & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a parks & rec master's degree from Merrimack, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

The following parks & rec concentations are available at Merrimack College. 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

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 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.