Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Oral Roberts University

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

ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and approximately 4,317 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

ORU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at ORU 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at ORU

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

ORU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

ORU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

In the parks & rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Oral Roberts University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	55
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	2

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service

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 OK, the home state for Oral Roberts University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
General and Operations Managers	25,770	$104,860
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,620	$35,840
Coaches and Scouts	2,140	$42,360
Managers	1,780	$102,710
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,330	$44,790

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 Dustin M. Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.