Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Newberry College

What traits are you looking for in a parks and rec school? To help you decide if Newberry College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's parks and rec program.

Newberry College is located in Newberry, South Carolina and approximately 1,256 students attend the school each year. Of the 278 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Newberry College in 2021, 6 of them were parks, recreation and leisure studies majors.

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.

Newberry College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Newberry College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

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 Newberry College 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	16
	27
	29
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	40
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	59

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Newberry College

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

Newberry College Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from Newberry College in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Newberry College since its program graduates 39% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Newberry College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

Newberry College 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 SC, the home state for Newberry College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	210	$66,610

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 Bill Fitzpatrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.