Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Messiah University

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

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,370 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Messiah.

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.

Messiah Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Messiah Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

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 Messiah 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Focused Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	55

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Messiah

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

Messiah Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of parks and rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Messiah since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Messiah 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 Messiah University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

Messiah 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 PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,040	$67,100

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 Badagnani under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.