Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
140 colleges offer Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $31,700, from $18,450 at the lowest program to $59,536 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $31,250 on average, from $17,257 at the lowest program to $52,700 at the highest.
Is a Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies degree worth it?
Across 58 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $31,967 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $28,323 and $34,417. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $28,863. Debt is 0.91x first-year earnings, which ranks 95th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 140
- Average Debt on Graduation: $31,700
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $31,250
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| Dalhousie University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| West Virginia University Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Davis & Elkins College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Eastern Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ferrum College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Utah University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Maryville College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carson-Newman University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cumberland University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Black Hills State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Newberry College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| North Greenville University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Benedict College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Messiah University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oral Roberts University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Central Oklahoma | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Toledo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Zanesville Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Lancaster Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Southern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio University-Eastern Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mars Hill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chowan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brevard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| State University of New York at Plattsburgh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| State University of New York at Cortland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Catawba College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ithaca College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Houghton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Lehman College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Plymouth State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Montana State University Billings | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| William Jewell College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Bachelor's Degree | $19,710 | No data | No data |
| Lindenwood University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alcorn State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Western Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Spring Arbor University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Calvin University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Springfield College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Salem State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Frostburg State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Baltimore | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maine at Machias | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Asbury University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tabor College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Baker University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Graceland University-Lamoni | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Indiana Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Huntington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Aurora University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Georgia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Georgia College & State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bethune-Cookman University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gallaudet University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fort Lewis College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Simpson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Northridge | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ouachita Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alaska Pacific University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Alaska Southeast | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Jacksonville State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Southern Oregon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $17,257 |
| Shaw University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $18,795 |
| Green Mountain College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,881 |
| Western Colorado University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,704 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Bachelor's Degree | $19,988 | $14,636 | $24,215 |
| Northern Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | $27,163 | No data | $24,288 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,771 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,457 |
| Utah State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,661 |
| Central Michigan University | Bachelor's Degree | $20,084 | No data | $25,945 |
| Western Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | $27,493 | No data | $26,359 |
| University of South Alabama | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $28,817 | $26,609 |
| East Carolina University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,887 |
| Grambling State University | Bachelor's Degree | $30,634 | $34,774 | $26,969 |
| Missouri State University-Springfield | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,761 |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,309 |
| University of Mount Olive | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,363 |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,532 |
| Oregon State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,532 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,722 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,238 |
| Georgia Southern University | Bachelor's Degree | $25,439 | $19,816 | $29,808 |
| Midwestern State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,899 |
| Radford University | Bachelor's Degree | $29,299 | $24,995 | $30,562 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,592 |
| University of Nebraska at Kearney | Bachelor's Degree | $18,450 | $14,675 | $31,081 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | $32,142 | No data | $31,566 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | $32,142 | No data | $31,566 |
| Emporia State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,662 |
| University of Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,140 | $31,686 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $33,828 | $32,248 |
| University of Northern Iowa | Bachelor's Degree | $19,675 | No data | $32,498 |
| San Diego State University | Bachelor's Degree | $33,969 | No data | $32,608 |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,718 |
| Northern Arizona University | Bachelor's Degree | $42,240 | $34,364 | $32,770 |
| San Francisco State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,087 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,215 |
| University of South Dakota | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,236 |
| Winona State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,238 |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $19,850 | $33,459 |
| York College of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,556 |
| California State University-Fresno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,067 |
| Shepherd University | Bachelor's Degree | $28,084 | No data | $34,185 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Bachelor's Degree | $41,637 | $23,678 | $34,388 |
| California State University-Chico | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,427 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,494 |
| California State University-Long Beach | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,586 |
| University of Arkansas | Bachelor's Degree | $46,592 | $45,100 | $34,893 |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Bachelor's Degree | $59,536 | $48,740 | $35,063 |
| Pittsburg State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,322 |
| Gordon College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,399 |
| University of Utah | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,711 |
| California State University-Sacramento | Bachelor's Degree | $26,928 | No data | $35,960 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | $47,929 | $47,799 | $36,770 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,024 |
| California State University-East Bay | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,905 |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,660 |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,900 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Bachelor's Degree | $36,566 | $28,863 | $52,700 |
| Concordia University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Temple University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Campbell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |