Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and has a total student population of 8,677.

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.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College offers distance education options for parks & rec at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Associate’s Program

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

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in parks & rec graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with a associate's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks & rec major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	24

Related Majors

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Coaches and Scouts	1,370	$51,120
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,250	$32,090
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	990	$37,890

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.