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

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

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and has a total student population of 1,920. Of the 458 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Roanoke College in 2021, 41 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Roanoke Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Roanoke 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 Roanoke 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	121
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	213
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	326
	365
	369
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	518

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Roanoke

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

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

Of the 41 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in parks and rec from Roanoke in 2021, 59% were men and 41% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Roanoke 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

The following parks and rec concentations are available at Roanoke College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Roanoke College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	41

Related Majors

• 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 VA, the home state for Roanoke 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 roanokecollege under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.