Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at California State University - Long Beach

If you plan to study parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, take a look at what California State University - Long Beach has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 students received their master's degree in parks and rec.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

CSULB Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Master’s Program

Of the 116 parks and rec students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from CSULB, about 59% were men and 41% were women.

In the parks and rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	37
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	107
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	10

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Careers That Parks & Rec Grads May Go Into

A degree in parks and rec can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	38,340	$51,580
Coaches and Scouts	25,750	$45,600
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	9,780	$59,640

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.