Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Every parks, recreation, leisure, & fitness 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 & rec program at University of North Carolina at Pembroke stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and approximately 8,262 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNC Pembroke Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Pembroke

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Pembroke offers distance education options for parks & rec at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UNC Pembroke Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at UNC Pembroke 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 UNC Pembroke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

UNC Pembroke Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 North Carolina at Pembroke with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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 North Carolina at Pembroke. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	117

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	9,690	$37,020
Coaches and Scouts	6,340	$46,420
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$53,210

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 Jopparn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.