Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

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

UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and approximately 11,728 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga in 2021, 207 of them were parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies majors.

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.

UT Chattanooga Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UT Chattanooga Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at UT Chattanooga 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 UT Chattanooga 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 Schools	86
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	234
	375

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UT Chattanooga

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 207 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from UT Chattanooga. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at UT Chattanooga 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 University of Tennessee - Chattanooga with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	138
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UT Chattanooga 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	207

Related Majors

• Legal Professions
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
General and Operations Managers	41,980	$110,580
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Coaches and Scouts	4,390	$46,940
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	3,720	$43,890
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,050	$43,690

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.