Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at Texas 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 if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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. Texas State was ranked #80 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 #6 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Texas State.
How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Parks & Rec from Texas State Cost?
$10,855Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
Texas State Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Texas State was $706 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $297 per credit hour.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
Does Texas State Offer an Online BS in Parks & Rec?
Texas State 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 Texas State Online Learning page.
Texas State Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Parks & Rec
551Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
58.8%Women
59.3%Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 551 students received their bachelor’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 58.8% of the parks and rec students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020.
This is higher than the nationwide number of 49.2%.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in parks and rec at Texas State in 2019-2020, 59.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*.
This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity
Number of Students
Asian
22
Black or African American
62
Hispanic or Latino
215
Native American or Alaska Native
2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0
White
222
International Students
2
Other Races/Ethnicities
26
BS in Parks & Rec Focus Areas at Texas State
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
*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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
