N/A In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Outdoor Education degree recipients are Ashland, WI, Brevard, NC, and Greenfield Town, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Outdoor Education is a bachelors degree.
Outdoor Education
N/A In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Outdoor Education degree recipients are Ashland, WI, Brevard, NC, and Greenfield Town, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Outdoor Education is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Outdoor Education and the types of students that study this field.
Tuition costs for Outdoor Education majors are, on average, $7,616 for in-state public colleges, and $30,800 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Outdoor Education programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (22 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (113 completions).
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Outdoor Education.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Outdoor Education by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors is $75,877 and the most common occupations are Physical therapists, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
The industry that employs the most Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing.
The average salary for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors is $75,877 and the most common occupations are Physical therapists, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors, by number of employees, are Physical therapists, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors working as Recreational therapists, Physical therapists, and Recreation & fitness workers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors are Model makers, patternmakers, & molding machine setters, metal & plastic, Surgeons, and Skincare specialists.
The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.95%, from 736,579 in 2022 to 780,408 in 2023.
The largest single share of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates go on to work as Physical therapists (5.13%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, and uninformed.
The highest paying industries of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors, by average wage, are Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing, Recyclable material merchant wholesalers, and Pipeline transportation.
The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.95%, from 736,579 in 2022 to 780,408 in 2023.
The industry which employs the most Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure is 36.1.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Parks, Recreation, & Leisure degrees.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure. The most common ages of employees with this major are 28 and 29 years old, which represent 4.91% and 4.83% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Outdoor Education are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Outdoor Education.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Outdoor Education.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Libya that hold Parks, Recreation, & Leisure degrees (14.4 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (5,047 degree recipients).