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

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

UNC Pembroke is located in Pembroke, North Carolina and approximately 8,262 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 117 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from UNC Pembroke.

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 and rec at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

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

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	12
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	170
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	231
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	295

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at UNC Pembroke

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 117 parks and rec majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNC Pembroke. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 North Carolina at Pembroke with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UNC Pembroke also has a doctoral program available in parks and rec. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks and 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

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Public Administration & Social Service

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 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.