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

Every parks, recreation and leisure studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the parks and rec program at California State University - Long Beach stacks up to those at other schools.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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 Studies section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

CSULB Parks, Recreation & Leisure 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 Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a master's degree in parks and rec from CSULB. About 56% were men and 44% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in parks and rec each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the parks and rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 35% 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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

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
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	2,030	$114,220

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.