Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at DePauw University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in parks and rec, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. DePauw was ranked #74 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for parks and rec majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #2 in Indiana.
Here are some of the other rankings for DePauw.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at DePauw was $1,617 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $51,736 | $51,736 |
Fees | $974 | $974 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,788 | $13,788 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,200 | $1,200 |
Learn more about DePauw tuition and fees.
DePauw does not offer an online option for its parks and rec bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the DePauw Online Learning page.
About 66.7% of the students who received their BS in parks and rec in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 49.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.7% of the parks and rec bachelor’s degrees at DePauw in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 18 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 24 |
*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.