Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Shorter University

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

Shorter is located in Rome, Georgia and approximately 1,410 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Shorter.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Shorter

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Shorter Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Shorter 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 Popular Online Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	44
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	315
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	382
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Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	588
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	728

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Shorter

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

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

Of the 19 parks and rec students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Shorter, about 79% were men and 21% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks and rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Shorter 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Shorter University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	19

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service
• 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 GA, the home state for Shorter University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,030	$45,540
Coaches and Scouts	4,970	$45,510
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,460	$46,990

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.