Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University

If you are interested in studying parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, you may want to check out the program at Southeastern Louisiana University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Southeastern is located in Hammond, Louisiana and approximately 14,426 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 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.

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

• Master’s Degree in Parks & Rec

Southeastern Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Rankings

Parks & Rec Student Demographics at Southeastern

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

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

The parks and rec program at Southeastern awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women.

In the parks and rec master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health & Physical Education	15

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 LA, the home state for Southeastern Louisiana University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
General and Operations Managers	27,790	$115,060
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,420	$32,620
Coaches and Scouts	1,560	$55,210
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	940	$42,560

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 Richard David Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.