Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Wisconsin Lutheran College

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

WLC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 1,166 students attend the school each year.

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at WLC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WLC offers distance education options for parks & rec at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WLC Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

The parks & rec major at WLC 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.

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at WLC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks & rec majors at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of parks & rec bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in parks & rec at WLC 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a bachelor's in parks & rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

The following parks & rec concentations are available at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wisconsin Lutheran College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	11

Related Majors

• Public Administration & Social Service

Careers That Parks & Rec Grads May Go Into

A degree in parks & 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 WI, the home state for Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
General and Operations Managers	33,340	$126,950
Managers	12,400	$85,050
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	5,710	$32,030
Coaches and Scouts	5,010	$31,930
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,700	$51,810

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.