The Parks & Rec Major at Mountwest Community and Technical College

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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Mountwest Community and Technical College

Every parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness 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 & rec program at Mountwest Community and Technical College stacks up to those at other schools.

MCTC is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 1,292 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.

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

MCTC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mountwest Community and Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

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 WV, the home state for Mountwest Community and Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
General and Operations Managers	11,100	$87,430
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Coaches and Scouts	870	$48,160
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	690	$33,730
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	440	$41,990

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*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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