Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management degree recipients are Fort Lauderdale, FL, Temecula, CA, and Anoka, MN. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management degree recipients are Temecula, CA, Anoka, MN, and Delhi, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management and the types of students that study this field. Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale awards the most degrees in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management in the US, but Professional Golfers Career College and Anoka Technical College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management.
Tuition costs for Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management majors are, on average, $4,965 for in-state public colleges, and $32,440 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management programs are Public, 2-year institutions (6 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (48 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (48 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale has the most Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management degree recipients, with 44 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management.
Out of all institutions that offer Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Professional Golfers Career College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management.
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 $71,984 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 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors is $71,984 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 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 Physical therapists, Physical therapist assistants & aides, and Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors are Surgeons, Nurse anesthetists, and Skincare specialists.
The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 6.52%, from 690,637 in 2021 to 735,654 in 2022.
The largest single share of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates go on to work as Physical therapists (5.06%). 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 Amusement & Recreation.
The highest paying industries of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors, by average wage, are Recyclable material merchant wholesalers, Wholesale electronic markets & agents & brokers, and Book stores & news dealers.
The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 6.52%, from 690,637 in 2021 to 735,654 in 2022.
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 35.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Associates Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Parks, Recreation, & Leisure degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (101 students).
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 26 years old, which represent 5% and 4.93% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management are Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Latvia that hold Parks, Recreation, & Leisure degrees (6.25 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 (5,078 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management majors need many skills, but most especially Time Management. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Installation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Golf Course Operation & Grounds Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Time Management, Active Listening, and Management of Personnel Resources are the three most important skills for people in the field.
