Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Canisius College

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

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and approximately 2,820 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 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.

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

• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Online Classes Are Available at Canisius

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Canisius offers distance education options for parks and rec at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Canisius Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Canisius

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the parks and rec majors at Canisius College.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students graduated with a master's degree in parks and rec from Canisius. About 68% were men and 32% were women.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from Canisius, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Canisius College with a master's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	40
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

If you plan to be a parks and rec major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Canisius College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	53

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	24,160	$59,520
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Coaches and Scouts	10,320	$56,320
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	5,400	$59,460

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 Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.