Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at North Greenville University

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

North Greenville is located in Tigerville, South Carolina and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from North Greenville.

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.

North Greenville Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

North Greenville Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at North Greenville 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 North Greenville 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	26
Most Focused Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	32
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	50

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at North Greenville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at North Greenville University.

North Greenville Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies from North Greenville in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% 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 North Greenville since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at North Greenville are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Greenville University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

North Greenville 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 North Greenville University.

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 Ianmccor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.