Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Westmont College

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

Westmont is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 1,226 students attend the school each year. Of the 341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Westmont College in 2021, 37 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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Westmont Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

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

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 Westmont 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
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	54
Most Focused Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	81
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Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	358
Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	429
Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Schools	459

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Westmont

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

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

The parks and rec program at Westmont awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks and rec at Westmont are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Westmont College with a bachelor's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Westmont 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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Westmont College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	37

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 CA, the home state for Westmont College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	38,340	$51,580
Coaches and Scouts	25,750	$45,600
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	9,780	$59,640

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 Richard O’Reilly under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.