Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566.

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.

NAU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Parks & Rec (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

NAU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at NAU 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical parks & rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at NAU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NAU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a parks & rec master's degree from NAU, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a master's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies

Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Arizona University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	55

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.