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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Evansville

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Evansville

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

UE is located in Evansville, Indiana and approximately 2,323 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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UE Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at UE 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UE

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

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

73% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

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About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at UE 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 University of Evansville with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 30
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 University of Evansville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education 33

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 IN, the home state for University of Evansville.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
General and Operations Managers 54,610 $103,370
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Coaches and Scouts 6,530 $36,540
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 4,520 $32,990
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors 2,140 $47,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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