Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. 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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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. Rutgers New Brunswick is in the top 10% of the country for parks and rec. More specifically it was ranked #55 out of 686 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in New Jersey.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Rutgers New Brunswick was $942 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $394 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,230 | $29,012 |
Fees | $2,773 | $2,773 |
Books and Supplies | $1,350 | $1,350 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,075 | $13,075 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,574 | $3,574 |
Learn more about Rutgers New Brunswick tuition and fees.
Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick Online Learning page.
About 50.5% of the students who received their BS in parks and rec in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 49.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 54.4% of the parks and rec bachelor’s degrees at Rutgers New Brunswick in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 93 |
Black or African American | 45 |
Hispanic or Latino | 56 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 158 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 23 |
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 | 384 |
*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.