Parks Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management General

A program that prepares individuals to develop and manage park facilities and other indoor and outdoor recreation and leisure facilities. Includes instruction in supervising support personnel, health and safety standards, public relations, and basic business and marketing principles.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 118 institutions across the United States, with a total of 7137 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,851

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

360

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

4,771

awards given

Top Schools for Parks Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Clemson University Clemson, SC	495
2	Florida International University Miami, FL	435
3	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	279
4	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	243
5	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	243
6	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	243
7	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	239
8	Illinois State University Normal, IL	228
9	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	216
10	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	186
11	University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA	168
12	University of North Texas Denton, TX	159
13	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	150
14	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	132
15	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	129
16	Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence, RI	129
17	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	123
18	Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD	120
19	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	114
20	University of Mississippi University, MS	108
21	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN	105
22	Western Illinois University Macomb, IL	105
23	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY	105
24	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	102
25	Utah Tech University Saint George, UT	102
26	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	96
27	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	93
28	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	93
29	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT	90
30	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	84
31	Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR	72
32	Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OK	66
33	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	63
34	Johnson & Wales University-Online Providence, RI	60
35	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	60
36	Kean University Union, NJ	54
37	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	54
38	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	54
39	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	51
40	SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	51
41	Missouri Western State University Saint Joseph, MO	51
42	New England College Henniker, NH	48
43	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	48
44	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	48
45	Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte Charlotte, NC	45
46	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	45
47	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	39
48	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY	36
49	University of Maine Orono, ME	36
50	Chowan University Murfreesboro, NC	33
51	Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction, CO	33
52	Green River College Auburn, WA	33
53	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	33
54	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	30
55	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	30
56	Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	28
57	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY	27
58	Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake, NY	27
59	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	27
60	Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, KY	27
61	Belmont Abbey College Belmont, NC	27
62	Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA	27
63	Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette, MO	27
64	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	27
65	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	24
66	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA	24
67	Mount Marty University Yankton, SD	24
68	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	21
69	Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI	21
70	Aurora University Aurora, IL	21
71	Marshall University Huntington, WV	21
72	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	21
73	Reedley College Reedley, CA	20
74	Hannibal-LaGrange University Hannibal, MO	18
75	Herkimer County Community College Herkimer, NY	18
76	Wingate University Wingate, NC	18
77	Central Arizona College Coolidge, AZ	17
78	Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, OK	15
79	University of St Francis Joliet, IL	15
80	Chicago State University Chicago, IL	15
81	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	12
82	John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR	12
83	Butte College Oroville, CA	12
84	Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA	12
85	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	12
86	Montgomery College Rockville, MD	12
87	Springfield College Springfield, MA	12
88	Lees-McRae College Banner Elk, NC	12
89	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	12
90	Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown, VA	12
91	Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA	12
92	Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Fayette, MO	12
93	Alabama State University Montgomery, AL	12
94	Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ	10
95	Snow College Ephraim, UT	9
96	College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO	9
97	Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH	9
98	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	9
99	Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden, NY	9
100	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	9