Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of Central Oklahoma

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

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from UCO.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UCO Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UCO Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks and rec major at UCO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Parks, Recreation & Leisure 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UCO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at University of Central Oklahoma.

UCO Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from UCO. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men. The typical parks and rec bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at UCO since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its parks and rec bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UCO also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Recreation Administration
• Health & Physical Education

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	140	$46,930

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.