Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at North Carolina A & T State University

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina A & T State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NC A&T is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,753. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 152 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from NC A&T.

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.

NC A&T Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

NC A&T Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at NC A&T 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 NC A&T 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at NC A&T

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at North Carolina A & T State University.

NC A&T Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 152 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from NC A&T in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 North Carolina A & T State University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	137
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NC A&T also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks and 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 North Carolina A & T State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	152

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service
• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

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 NC, the home state for North Carolina A & T State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	9,690	$37,020
Coaches and Scouts	6,340	$46,420
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$53,210

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 Educatedblkman1914 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.