Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from SUNY Plattsburgh.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

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

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at SUNY Plattsburgh compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools	69

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at SUNY Plattsburgh.

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

Of the 10 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2020-2021, 90% were men and 10% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Plattsburgh 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 SUNY Plattsburgh. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	10

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service
• 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 NY, the home state for SUNY Plattsburgh.

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.