Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of Missouri - Columbia

Every parks, recreation and leisure studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the parks and rec program at University of Missouri - Columbia stacks up to those at other schools.

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Missouri - Columbia in 2021, 116 of them were parks, recreation and leisure studies majors.

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.

Mizzou Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Mizzou Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks and rec major at Mizzou 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.

Earnings of Mizzou Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mizzou is $34,388. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $31,674 for all parks and rec bachelor's degree recipients.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 students earned a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Mizzou. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% 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 Mizzou since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Mizzou 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 Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	99
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mizzou 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	200	$92,410

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.