Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at Washington State University. 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 diversity 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. Wazzu was ranked #85 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 #3 in Washington.
Here are some of the other rankings for Wazzu.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Wazzu was $1,286 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $538 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $10,202 | $25,145 |
Fees | $1,968 | $1,968 |
Books and Supplies | $960 | $960 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,848 | $11,848 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,542 | $3,542 |
Learn more about Wazzu tuition and fees.
Wazzu 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 Wazzu Online Learning page.
Women made up around 49.4% of the parks and rec students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 49.2%.
Around 30.9% of parks and rec bachelor’s degree recipients at Wazzu in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 115 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 21 |
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 | 178 |
*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.