Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Salem State University

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation and leisure studies, you may want to check out the program at Salem State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,242. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Salem State.

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.

Salem State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Salem State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Salem State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	5
Most Focused Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Most Popular Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Schools	81

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Salem State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at Salem State University.

Salem State Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

The parks and rec program at Salem State awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Salem State since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Salem State 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

Salem State also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

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 MA, the home state for Salem State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	390	$74,730

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 Fletcher6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.