Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at University of Iowa. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in parks and rec, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for parks and rec majors, Iowa came in at #32. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #2 in Iowa.
Here are some of the other rankings for Iowa.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Iowa paid an average of $1,315 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $400 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,073 | $30,036 |
Fees | $1,533 | $1,533 |
Books and Supplies | $950 | $950 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,590 | $11,590 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,230 | $3,230 |
Learn more about Iowa tuition and fees.
Iowa 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 Iowa Online Learning page.
About 62.3% 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 17.0% of the parks and rec bachelor’s degrees at Iowa in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 22 |
Black or African American | 22 |
Hispanic or Latino | 44 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 3 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 513 |
International Students | 18 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 30 |
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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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 67 |
Health & Physical Education | 585 |
*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.