Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington

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

UT Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and has a total student population of 48,072.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

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

The parks & rec major at UT Arlington 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in parks & rec, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UT Arlington

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks & rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	39
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

The following parks & rec concentations are available at The University of Texas at Arlington. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Arlington. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	253

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Arlington.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	19,450	$38,650
Coaches and Scouts	13,270	$51,800
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	6,120	$47,900

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 Kllwiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.