Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at St. John Fisher College

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

Fisher is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 3,610 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Fisher.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Fisher Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Fisher 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 Fisher 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
	44
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	55
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	288
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	326
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	381

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Fisher

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

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Fisher. About 20% of these graduates were women and the other 80% were men.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Fisher 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 St. John Fisher College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Fisher 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 St. John Fisher College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	41

Related Majors

• Legal Professions

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 NY, the home state for St. John Fisher College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	24,160	$59,520
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Coaches and Scouts	10,320	$56,320
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	5,400	$59,460

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 Stephen Wolfe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.