Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

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

MSU Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and approximately 5,547 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.

MSU Moorhead Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

MSU Moorhead Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at MSU Moorhead 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 MSU Moorhead

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

MSU Moorhead Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at MSU Moorhead 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 Minnesota State University - Moorhead with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	41

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 MN, the home state for Minnesota State University - Moorhead.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
General and Operations Managers	46,440	$112,120
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,170	$44,340
Coaches and Scouts	4,500	$45,120
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,010	$54,630

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.