Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec
• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

URI Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at URI 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 URI

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	86
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

URI Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of parks & rec master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

Of the students who received a parks & rec master's degree from URI, 78% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Rhode Island with a master's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Rhode Island. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	167

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Coaches and Scouts	1,050	$46,410
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	960	$45,170
Managers	830	$114,660
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	480	$62,420

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.