Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 52,017. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from UMN Twin Cities.

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.

UMN Twin Cities Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UMN Twin Cities Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at UMN Twin Cities 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in parks and rec from UMN Twin Cities. This is the #18 most popular school for parks and rec master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMN Twin Cities Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMN Twin Cities is $29,238. This is less than $31,674, which is the national average of all parks and rec majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UMN Twin Cities

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

UMN Twin Cities Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from UMN Twin Cities. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% 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 UMN Twin Cities since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at UMN Twin Cities are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UMN Twin Cities 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

• 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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.