Parks Recreation and Leisure Studies

A program that focuses on the principles underlying recreational and leisure activities, and the practices involved in providing indoor and outdoor recreational facilities and services for the general public.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 105 institutions across the United States, with a total of 7180 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

121

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

177

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,872

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

174

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

4,821

awards given

Top Schools for Parks Recreation and Leisure Studies

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	369
2	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	366
3	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	327
4	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	306
5	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	267
6	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	210
7	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	196
8	Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO	192
9	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	190
10	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, MS	180
11	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	177
12	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	174
13	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	162
14	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	147
15	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	138
16	University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE	135
17	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	129
18	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	129
19	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	129
20	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	126
21	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	111
22	Red Rocks Community College Lakewood, CO	111
23	South Georgia Technical College Americus, GA	105
24	CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY	105
25	Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL	105
26	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	105
27	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA	99
28	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS	94
29	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	93
30	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	87
31	Winona State University Winona, MN	87
32	Radford University Radford, VA	87
33	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	78
34	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	78
35	Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV	75
36	University of South Alabama Mobile, AL	72
37	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	69
38	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	69
39	Grambling State University Grambling, LA	69
40	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	63
41	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	60
42	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	60
43	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	54
44	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	54
45	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	54
46	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI	54
47	Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA	52
48	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO	51
49	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	48
50	Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT	45
51	University of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC	39
52	Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR	39
53	Fresno City College Fresno, CA	37
54	Butler County Community College Butler, PA	36
55	Houghton University Houghton, NY	36
56	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	33
57	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	33
58	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	33
59	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths, NY	33
60	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	33
61	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	30
62	Shaw University Raleigh, NC	30
63	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	27
64	Emporia State University Emporia, KS	21
65	Sierra College Rocklin, CA	21
66	Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA	21
67	Mars Hill University Mars Hill, NC	18
68	Alaska Pacific University Anchorage, AK	18
69	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	16
70	Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO	15
71	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	15
72	Garrett College McHenry, MD	15
73	Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX	15
74	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	15
75	Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville, GA	12
76	Newberry College Newberry, SC	12
77	Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake, NY	12
78	Salem State University Salem, MA	12
79	Ferrum College Ferrum, VA	12
80	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	12
81	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	12
82	Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MS	12
83	North Greenville University Tigerville, SC	12
84	Carson-Newman University Jefferson City, TN	9
85	University of Maine Orono, ME	9
86	Feather River Community College District Quincy, CA	9
87	Central State University Wilberforce, OH	6
88	Montana State University Billings Billings, MT	6
89	West Virginia University Institute of Technology Beckley, WV	6
90	Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden, NY	6
91	Gordon College Wenham, MA	6
92	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	4
93	Niagara County Community College Sanborn, NY	3
94	Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO	3
95	Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY	3
96	Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA	3
97	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales, NM	3
98	American River College Sacramento, CA	3
99	Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI	3
100	Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	3