Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies is a program of study at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at SIUC paid an average of $1,174 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $470 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,268 | $28,170 |
Fees | $4,758 | $4,758 |
SIUC does not offer an online option for its parks and rec master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SIUC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in parks and rec in 2019-2020, 58.3% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 43.7%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in parks and rec at SIUC in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 15 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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 | 8 |
Health & Physical Education | 16 |
*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.