Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. Of the 632 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Hawaii at Hilo in 2021, 37 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.

UH Hilo Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UH Hilo Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks parks and rec programs across the country. The following shows how UH Hilo performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at UH Hilo 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 Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	263
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	358
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	399
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	540

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in parks and rec from UH Hilo in 2021, 54% were men and 46% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UH Hilo 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Hawaii at Hilo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	37

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• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
General and Operations Managers	9,550	$114,040
Managers	2,000	$93,760
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,050	$50,560
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	640	$57,490
Athletic Trainers	150	$59,990

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.