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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at St Olaf College

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at St Olaf College

What traits are you looking for in a parks & rec school? To help you decide if St Olaf College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's parks & rec program.

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953.

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.

St. Olaf Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

St. Olaf Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at St. Olaf 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at St. Olaf

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at St Olaf College.

St. Olaf Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at St. Olaf 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 Olaf College with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from St Olaf College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education 23

Careers That Parks & Rec Grads May Go Into

A degree in parks & 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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
General and Operations Managers 46,440 $112,120
Managers 9,350 $128,590
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 6,170 $44,340
Coaches and Scouts 4,500 $45,120
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors 2,010 $54,630

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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