Other Health & Physical Education
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Health & Physical Education degree recipients are Dahlonega, GA, Bayamón, PR, and Madison, WI. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Health & Physical Education degree recipients are Yankton, SD, St. Peter, MN, and Franklin Springs, GA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Health & Physical Education is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Health & Physical Education and the types of students that study this field. University of North Georgia awards the most degrees in Other Health & Physical Education in the US, but Mount Marty University and Tougaloo College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Health & Physical Education.
Tuition costs for Other Health & Physical Education majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $32,408 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Health & Physical Education programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (39 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (520 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Health & Physical Education, is Public, 4-year or above (520 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Health & Physical Education programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of North Georgia has the most Other Health & Physical Education degree recipients, with 170 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Health & Physical Education.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Health & Physical Education programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Mount Marty University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Health & Physical Education, with 10.2%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Health & Physical 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 $78,922 and the most common occupations are Physical therapists, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
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 $78,922 and the most common occupations are Physical therapists, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Secondary school teachers.
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 Secondary school teachers.
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 Music directors and composers.
The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.1%, from 780,408 in 2023 to 820,179 in 2024.
The largest single share of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates go on to work as Physical therapists (5.16%). 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 Outpatient care centers.
The highest paying industries of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors, by average wage, are Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing, Recyclable material merchant wholesalers, and Natural gas distribution.
The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.1%, from 780,408 in 2023 to 820,179 in 2024.
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 36.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female 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 (602 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 29 and 31 years old, which represent 4.79% and 4.71% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Health & Physical Education are Bachelors Degree, 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
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 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Health & Physical Education.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Health & Physical Education for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Other Health & Physical 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 (12.7 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 (5,592 degree recipients).
