Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Westminster College Missouri

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, you may want to check out the program at Westminster College Missouri. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Westminster Fulton is located in Fulton, Missouri and approximately 609 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in parks and rec from Westminster Fulton.

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.

Westminster Fulton Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Westminster Fulton Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The parks and rec major at Westminster Fulton 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
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	80
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	266
	270
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	271
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	357
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	604
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	755

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Westminster Fulton

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at Westminster College Missouri.

Westminster Fulton Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

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

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Westminster Fulton 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 Westminster College Missouri with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

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

Westminster Fulton 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 Westminster College Missouri. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	18

Related Majors

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 MO, the home state for Westminster College Missouri.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
General and Operations Managers	46,490	$105,280
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	4,590	$36,220
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Coaches and Scouts	3,380	$42,130
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,820	$47,590

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 Westminster College, Fulton MO under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.