Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at Southern Wesleyan University

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

SWU is located in Central, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,345. Of the 259 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Wesleyan University in 2021, 4 of them were other parks, recreation and leisure studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SWU Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Other Parks & Rec

SWU Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks other parks and rec programs across the country. The following shows how SWU performed in these rankings.

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 other parks and rec major at SWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Other 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
Best Other Parks & Recreation Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Other Parks & Recreation Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
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Earnings of SWU Other Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of other parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at SWU is $23,807. This is less than $27,383, which is the national average of all other parks and rec majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Other Parks & Rec Student Demographics at SWU

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

SWU Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in other parks and rec from SWU. About 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its other 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 Southern Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in other parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

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 Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.