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Bachelor's · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies (Bachelor's): earnings by school

65 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$38,994
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$49,369
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$19,224
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 61 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $45,623 and $54,563. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$57,289$75,181$15,250
California State University-East Bay CA$51,430$68,227$12,500
Brigham Young University UT$52,937$63,080$10,780
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$46,024$61,313$16,000
University of Utah UT$37,289$59,855$24,750
California State University-Chico CA$45,695$59,765$18,750
California State University-Sacramento CA$45,007$59,041$12,943
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO—$57,810—
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$38,831$57,334$15,000
University of Iowa IA$45,819$57,098$23,250
San Diego State University CA$46,097$57,093—
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA$40,216$56,525$23,750
California State University-Fresno CA$47,020$56,336$13,000
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$45,299$55,280$19,234
San Francisco State University CA$40,746$55,212—
University of Nebraska at Kearney NE$35,165$54,563$17,300
Winona State University MN$38,844$54,381$19,000
California State University-Long Beach CA$43,465$53,933$13,750
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN—$53,854—
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$40,454$53,809$21,468
Texas A&M University-College Station TX—$53,374—
University of Arkansas AR$35,096$52,701$20,244
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$44,283$52,355$18,233
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$44,283$52,355$18,233
Midwestern State University TX—$51,917—
Shepherd University WV$38,691$51,789$20,477
Gordon College MA—$51,479—
Western Washington University WA$35,429$50,832$19,213
Northern Arizona University AZ$40,206$50,501$17,375
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$45,641$49,468—
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$33,390$49,369—
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$33,390$49,369—
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$33,390$49,369—
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$33,390$49,369—
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$33,390$49,369—
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$33,390$49,369—
Radford University VA$37,028$48,743$22,130
University of Northern Iowa IA$38,711$48,506$16,000
Western Colorado University CO$32,463$48,109—
East Carolina University NC$36,074$47,336$18,250
CUNY Lehman College NY$50,397$47,163—
University of South Alabama AL$39,145$46,912$25,625
Emporia State University KS—$46,887—
Oregon State University OR$44,179$46,044$21,796
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$44,179$46,044$21,796
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$33,944$45,623—
Grambling State University LA$38,150$45,159$31,625
University of Southern Mississippi MS$39,160$45,056—
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$38,446$42,838$24,625
Georgia Southern University GA$39,586$42,573$21,028
Northwest Missouri State University MO$42,481—$20,062
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science NY—$41,797—
Missouri State University-Springfield MO—$41,550—
Benedict College SC—$41,372—
Northern Michigan University MI$27,207$40,825$21,978
York College of Pennsylvania PA$35,064$40,692—
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA$22,362$40,566—
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$35,639$40,452—
Virginia Wesleyan University VA$40,291—$27,000
Southeast Missouri State University MO—$40,266—
Utah State University UT—$39,091—
University of Mount Olive NC—$38,052—
Jacksonville State University AL$36,443—$20,820
Southern Oregon University OR—$36,135—
Pittsburg State University KS$33,149—$16,307