Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at University of Houston. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in parks and rec, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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. UH was ranked #93 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 #8 in Texas.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UH paid an average of $861 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $352 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 | $8,449 | $20,665 |
Fees | $1,008 | $1,008 |
Books and Supplies | $1,360 | $1,360 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,750 | $9,750 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,064 | $4,064 |
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UH 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 UH Online Learning page.
About 52.2% 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 77.2% of the parks and rec bachelor’s degrees at UH in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 112 |
Black or African American | 59 |
Hispanic or Latino | 145 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 84 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 32 |
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 | 439 |
*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.