Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Castleton University

Every parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness 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 Castleton University stacks up to those at other schools.

Castleton is located in Castleton, Vermont and has a total student population of 2,211. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 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.

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

• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Castleton Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Castleton

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

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

The parks and rec program at Castleton awarded 13 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from Castleton, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the parks and rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Castleton University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	13

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 VT, the home state for Castleton University.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
General and Operations Managers	3,530	$96,950
Coaches and Scouts	1,460	$36,280
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	890	$46,240
Managers	570	$105,950
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	280	$54,350

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 Jared C. Benedict under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.