Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies at University of Southern Mississippi

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

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a total student population of 14,606. In 2021, 14 parks and rec majors received their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss.

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.

Southern Miss Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Southern Miss Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Rankings

The parks and rec major at Southern Miss 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 Southern Miss Parks & Rec Graduates

The median salary of parks and rec students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern Miss is $28,722. This is less than $31,674, which is the national average of all parks and rec majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 parks and rec majors earned their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southern Miss 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 MS, the home state for University of Southern Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	150	$62,070

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 Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.