Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Houston - Clear Lake

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

UH Clear Lake is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 9,053.

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 Clear Lake Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UH Clear Lake Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at UH Clear Lake 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 UH Clear Lake

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 University of Houston - Clear Lake with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Houston - Clear Lake. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	60

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 University of Houston - Clear Lake.

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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.