Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Randolph College

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

Randolph is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 566 students attend the school each year. Of the 133 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Randolph College in 2021, 9 of them were parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies majors.

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.

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

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

Online Classes Are Available at Randolph

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Randolph offers distance education options for parks and rec at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Randolph Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Randolph compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Randolph 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 Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	68
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	172
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	225
	272
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	280
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	376
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	444
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	474
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	483
	526
	538
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	766
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	775

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in parks and rec from Randolph. This makes it the #281 most popular school for parks and rec master’s degree candidates in the country.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Randolph

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

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

Of the 9 parks and rec students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Randolph, about 56% were men and 44% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Randolph 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 Randolph College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 parks and rec majors earned their master's degree from Randolph. Of these graduates, 88% were men and 13% were women.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from Randolph, 75% 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 Randolph College with a master's in parks and rec.

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

Randolph 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Randolph College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	17

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for Randolph College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370
Coaches and Scouts	6,910	$42,340
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,670	$50,160

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 Pubdog under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.