Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies

2,170 students earn a parks, recreation, and leisure studies credential each year across 118 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $34,451
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $50,685

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Bachelor's programs — 95 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah123$47,5961 year out$65,672$12,000 2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California102$39,1571 year out—$16,369 3University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri89$38,7251 year out$55,583$21,500 4Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana87$35,4291 year out$50,444$19,750 5University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois81$34,7421 year out$63,748$23,447 6Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania70$36,3631 year out$53,562$27,000 7University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas58$31,5671 year out$65,926$23,310 8Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona56$31,6721 year out$51,918$21,500 9California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California56$40,3381 year out$60,227$20,024 10California State University-ChicoChico, California49$33,9201 year out$56,924$18,179 11California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California46$35,5321 year out$47,459$14,500 12University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina46$31,5611 year out—$26,000 13University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska45$28,2411 year out$58,149$23,500 14University of IowaIowa City, Iowa43$37,1031 year out$51,944$25,691 15Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington43$27,5581 year out$42,232$17,897 16San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California42—1 year out$73,198—17University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah39$37,0091 year out$50,353$22,982 18Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio37$32,7091 year out$46,968$26,000 19Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama35$31,3031 year out—$21,500 20Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona35$43,1491 year out$56,982$22,396 21California State University-East BayHayward, California33$43,7001 year out—$20,306 22Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota29$35,0621 year out$43,251$21,148 23Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri29$42,3891 year out—$25,250 24Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon29$34,4511 year out$50,685$22,500 25Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia29$30,1451 year out$47,941$26,000 26California State University-FresnoFresno, California26$32,6971 year out$45,967$14,061 27University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa26$37,2331 year out$48,941$23,907 28Shepherd UniversityShepherdstown, West Virginia25$34,2871 year out$50,742$24,950 29University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama24$33,5571 year out$42,033$26,750 30Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia23$31,0861 year out$47,279$24,936 31Grambling State UniversityGrambling, Louisiana23$19,8301 year out$36,507$41,750 32Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas22$35,5871 year out—$19,661 33Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma20$37,3931 year out—$21,313 34San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California18$33,6921 year out$62,734$14,999 35San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California18$28,4271 year out$49,799$16,797 36Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan18$28,8901 year out—$23,855 37Western Colorado UniversityGunnison, Colorado17$25,9031 year out$31,184$19,507 38Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio17$36,8501 year out$59,913—39Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri16$28,3451 year out$46,262$27,457 40East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina15$34,7511 year out$46,129$19,587 41Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah15—1 year out$37,309—42University of Mount OliveMount Olive, North Carolina13$27,2191 year out——43Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona12$43,1491 year out$56,982$22,396 44Houghton UniversityHoughton, New York12—1 year out——45California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California11$26,2241 year out——46University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota11—1 year out——47CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York11$41,4841 year out——48Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York11$27,5431 year out—$23,250 49University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma11—1 year out——50Shaw UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina10$32,2411 year out$31,390$39,500 51Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois9$32,3571 year out$46,108$20,525 52State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York9—1 year out——53Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, Oregon8$19,1391 year out——54Emporia State UniversityEmporia, Kansas7—1 year out——55Alaska Pacific UniversityAnchorage, Alaska6—1 year out——56Mars Hill UniversityMars Hill, North Carolina6—1 year out——57Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri5—1 year out——58Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York5—1 year out——59York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——60Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas5—1 year out$47,288—61Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado4$42,8861 year out$52,362—62Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts4—1 year out——63Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, Mississippi4—1 year out——64Newberry CollegeNewberry, South Carolina4—1 year out——65North Greenville UniversityTigerville, South Carolina4—1 year out——66Ferrum CollegeFerrum, Virginia4—1 year out——67Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington4—1 year out——68University of MaineOrono, Maine3—1 year out——69State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York3—1 year out——70Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, Tennessee3—1 year out——71Gordon CollegeWenham, Massachusetts2—1 year out——72Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana2—1 year out——73Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio2—1 year out——74West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley, West Virginia2—1 year out——75Simpson UniversityRedding, California1—1 year out——76DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois1—1 year out——77Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne, Indiana1—1 year out——78Baker UniversityBaldwin City, Kansas1—1 year out——79Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri1—1 year out——80Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——81Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan—$27,5111 year out$43,609—82Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan0—1 year out$47,227—83University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota0$35,9991 year out$45,017$25,369 84University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi—$25,3541 year out—$29,460 85Ohio University-Eastern CampusSaint Clairsville, Ohio0$36,8501 year out$59,913—86Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, Ohio0$36,8501 year out$59,913—87Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio0$36,8501 year out$59,913—88Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio0$36,8501 year out$59,913—89Ohio University-Zanesville CampusZanesville, Ohio0$36,8501 year out$59,913—90Benedict CollegeColumbia, South Carolina0$17,3241 year out—$40,000 91University of South DakotaVermillion, South Dakota——1 year out$50,213—92Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas0—1 year out$53,595—93Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah0$35,0791 year out——94Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia——1 year out$44,309—95Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon0$34,4511 year out$50,685$22,500

Associate programs — 19 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi60—1 year out——2CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York35—1 year out$37,986—3South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia18—1 year out——4Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California16—1 year out——5Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——6Sierra CollegeRocklin, California7—1 year out——7Garrett CollegeMcHenry, Maryland5—1 year out——8Sullivan County Community CollegeLoch Sheldrake, New York4—1 year out——9Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy, California3—1 year out——10Fresno City CollegeFresno, California3—1 year out——11Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado3—1 year out——12Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia3—1 year out——13Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York2—1 year out——14American River CollegeSacramento, California1—1 year out——15Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California1—1 year out——16Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico1—1 year out——17Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York1—1 year out——18Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York1—1 year out——19Dakota College at BottineauBottineau, North Dakota1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 12 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas49—1 year out——2Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood, Colorado27—1 year out——3South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia17—1 year out——4Fresno City CollegeFresno, California7—1 year out——5Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas7—1 year out——6Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio4—1 year out——7Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia3—1 year out——8Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia3—1 year out——9Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona1—1 year out——10Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California1—1 year out——11Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——12Concordia University-WisconsinMequon, Wisconsin1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).