Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management at Western Kentucky University

Every parks, recreation & leisure facilities management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the parks administration program at Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a total student population of 17,517.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management section at the bottom of this page.

WKU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks Administration
• Master’s Degree in Parks Administration

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

WKU does offer online education options in parks administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

WKU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Rankings

The parks administration major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management. 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 Administration Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks administration majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of parks administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks administration at WKU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in parks administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WKU Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of parks administration master's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

Of the students who received a parks administration master's degree from WKU, 61% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the parks administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a master's in parks administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.