Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and approximately 4,898 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from SWOSU.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

SWOSU Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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

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 SWOSU 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
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	43
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	256
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	292
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	366

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at SWOSU

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

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from SWOSU. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at SWOSU 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

SWOSU 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	39
Recreation Administration	17

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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
General and Operations Managers	25,770	$104,860
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,620	$35,840
Coaches and Scouts	2,140	$42,360
Managers	1,780	$102,710
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,330	$44,790

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.