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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Temple University

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year.

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.

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

Basic Certificate in Parks & Rec (Less Than 1 Year)
Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Temple

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Temple offers distance education options for parks & rec at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

Temple Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at Temple 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in parks & rec, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Temple

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Temple University.

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

30% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at Temple 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 Temple University with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	124
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Temple Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

50% Women

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Temple University with a master's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks & rec major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Temple University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	293

Public Administration & Social Service

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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
General and Operations Managers	80,160	$133,480
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,450	$35,420
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Coaches and Scouts	7,200	$41,820
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$52,200

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
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