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

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 LaGrange College stacks up to those at other schools.

LaGrange is located in Lagrange, Georgia and approximately 854 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 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.

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

• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

LaGrange Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at LaGrange

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

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

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies from LaGrange in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Of the students who received a parks and rec master's degree from LaGrange, 81% 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 LaGrange College with a master's in parks and rec.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

The following parks and rec concentations are available at LaGrange College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LaGrange College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	16

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 GA, the home state for LaGrange College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
General and Operations Managers	85,920	$113,440
Managers	14,480	$118,060
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	6,030	$45,540
Coaches and Scouts	4,970	$45,510
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,460	$46,990

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 Rivers Langley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.