Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at MSU Texas

Every parks, recreation and leisure 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 MSU Texas stacks up to those at other schools.

MSU Texas is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and approximately 5,860 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from MSU Texas.

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.

MSU Texas Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

MSU Texas Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at MSU Texas compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 MSU Texas 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
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	62

How Much Do Parks & Rec Graduates from MSU Texas Make?

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSU Texas is $29,899. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,674 for all parks and rec students.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at MSU Texas

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

MSU Texas Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of parks and rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% 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 MSU Texas since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks and rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from MSU Texas with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MSU Texas 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 TX, the home state for MSU Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,640	$67,210

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.