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

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. In 2021, 23 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Olaf.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at St. Olaf 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	174
	177
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	414
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	517
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	552
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	645
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	655

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

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

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from St. Olaf in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and 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 and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

St. Olaf 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

The following parks and rec concentations are available at St Olaf College. 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

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.