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In 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management degree recipients are Clemson University, SC, Gainesville, FL, and State College, PA. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management degree recipients are Murfreesboro, NC, Temecula, CA, and Banner Elk, NC. The most common degree awarded to students studying Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management and the types of students that study this field. Clemson University awards the most degrees in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management in the US, but Professional Golfers Career College and Morris College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management.
Tuition costs for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $30,374 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (95 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,826 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management, is Public, 4-year or above (1,826 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Clemson University has the most Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management degree recipients, with 143 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management.
Out of all institutions that offer Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Professional Golfers Career College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management 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. 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 (1,509 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 Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management 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 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management 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 Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management.
White Male 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).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities Management majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Service Orientation.
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 Parks, Recreation, & Leisure Facilities 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 Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Active Listening, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.