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

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

Westminster College Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a total student population of 1,849. Of the 434 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westminster College Utah in 2021, 9 of them were parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies majors.

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 College Salt Lake Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Westminster College Salt Lake Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the parks and rec progam at Westminster College Salt Lake compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Westminster College Salt Lake 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	745
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	766
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	888
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	994

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Westminster College Salt Lake

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

Westminster College Salt Lake Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from Westminster College Salt Lake in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Westminster College Salt Lake 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 Utah with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Westminster College Salt Lake 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 Utah. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Outdoor Education	5
Health & Physical Education	4

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 UT, the home state for Westminster College Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
General and Operations Managers	44,760	$82,370
Managers	3,310	$102,290
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	3,150	$41,570
Coaches and Scouts	2,120	$37,230
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,060	$53,700

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.