University of Southern Mississippi MS in Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies

41 Master's Degrees Awarded

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at University of Southern Mississippi. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’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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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Parks & Rec from Southern Miss Cost?

$8,896 Average Tuition and Fees

Southern Miss Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at Southern Miss paid an average of $600 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $488 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,786	$10,786
Fees	$110	$110

Does Southern Miss Offer an Online MS in Parks & Rec?

Online degrees for the Southern Miss parks and rec master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Southern Miss Online Learning page.

Southern Miss Master’s Student Diversity for Parks & Rec

41 Master's Degrees Awarded

36.6% Women

12.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 41 students received their master’s degree in parks and rec. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 36.6% of the parks and rec students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 43.7%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in parks and rec at Southern Miss in 2019-2020, 12.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MS in Parks & Rec Focus Areas at Southern Miss

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education	41

References

*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.