Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in parks and rec, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte paid an average of $855 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $296 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $3,812 | $17,246 |
Fees | $3,284 | $3,284 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,800 | $12,800 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,768 | $3,768 |
Learn more about UNC Charlotte tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the UNC Charlotte parks and rec bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNC Charlotte Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.1% of the parks and rec students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 49.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in parks and rec at UNC Charlotte in 2019-2020, 39.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 12 |
Black or African American | 37 |
Hispanic or Latino | 19 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 113 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Physical Education | 190 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.