Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of New Orleans

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness studies, you may want to check out the program at University of New Orleans. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 8,375.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

UNO Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at UNO 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 UNO

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at UNO are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 New Orleans with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of New Orleans. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	37

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 LA, the home state for University of New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
General and Operations Managers	27,790	$115,060
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,420	$32,620
Coaches and Scouts	1,560	$55,210
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	940	$42,560

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.