Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at The College at Brockport

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

SUNY Brockport is located in Brockport, New York and approximately 7,592 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 185 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Brockport.

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.

SUNY Brockport Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

SUNY Brockport Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at SUNY Brockport 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 SUNY Brockport 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 Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	139
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	362

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in parks and rec from SUNY Brockport. This is the #363 most popular school for parks and rec master’s degree candidates in the country.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at SUNY Brockport

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

SUNY Brockport Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 185 parks and rec students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Brockport, about 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at SUNY Brockport 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 The College at Brockport with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	133
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

SUNY Brockport 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

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 The College at Brockport. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	171
Recreation Administration	14

Related Majors

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
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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 NY, the home state for The College at Brockport.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	24,160	$59,520
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Coaches and Scouts	10,320	$56,320
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	5,400	$59,460

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 DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.