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

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 (—).