What Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $50,060 · 5 yrs

#	University	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	vs national
1	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL	$37,484	$61,159	$81,907	+22%
2	CUNY Lehman CollegeNY	$52,426	$60,793	$65,435	+21%
3	Midwestern State UniversityTX	$33,372	$58,363	—	+17%
4	Texas A&M UniversityTX	$36,956	$58,131	$68,291	+16%
5	Olivet Nazarene UniversityIL	$33,666	$56,312	—	+12%
6	University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO	$36,239	$54,840	$61,245	+10%
7	Arizona State UniversityAZ	$40,445	$54,679	$69,229	+9%
8	University of IowaIA	$36,463	$54,515	$62,306	+9%
9	University of UtahUT	$35,757	$54,051	$69,466	+8%
10	Indiana University - BloomingtonIN	$36,779	$53,648	$66,020	+7%
11	Christopher Newport UniversityVA	$31,702	$53,150	$60,785	+6%
12	SUNY CortlandNY	$32,368	$52,872	—	+6%
13	Oklahoma State UniversityOK	$34,173	$52,575	—	+5%
14	University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN	$34,289	$52,354	$68,867	+5%
15	Metropolitan State University of DenverCO	$37,219	$51,960	$64,175	+4%
16	Ferrum CollegeVA	$31,317	$51,505	—	+3%
17	Oregon State UniversityOR	$32,599	$50,676	$66,562	+1%
18	Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityOK	$35,233	$50,257	$59,105	0%
19	Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA	$37,592	$50,111	$62,251	0%
20	Bowling Green State UniversityOH	$32,281	$50,101	$52,920	0%
21	University of GeorgiaGA	$33,883	$50,060	$59,848	0%
22	Winona State UniversityMN	$34,478	$50,026	$58,128	0%
23	Northern Arizona UniversityAZ	$35,693	$49,951	$65,579	0%
24	Utah State UniversityUT	$32,250	$49,659	—	-1%
25	University of South DakotaSD	$33,431	$49,057	$56,212	-2%
26	Ohio UniversityOH	$33,230	$49,000	$59,187	-2%
27	Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL	$33,556	$48,449	$63,259	-3%
28	East Carolina UniversityNC	$31,803	$48,362	—	-3%
29	University of Northern IowaIA	$35,826	$48,257	$58,905	-4%
30	University of ToledoOH	$32,720	$47,444	$57,688	-5%
31	Radford UniversityVA	$32,639	$47,093	$56,957	-6%
32	University of North Carolina -GreensboroNC	$31,602	$46,569	$55,330	-7%
33	Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVA	$32,334	$46,532	$59,253	-7%
34	Georgia Southern UniversityGA	$33,046	$46,389	$56,045	-7%
35	Southern Utah UniversityUT	$28,350	$46,249	—	-8%
36	Georgia College & State UniversityGA	$28,765	$45,751	$53,793	-9%
37	Southern Oregon UniversityOR	$28,103	$45,300	—	-10%
38	Aurora UniversityIL	$34,494	$44,669	$57,372	-11%
39	University of Minnesota DuluthMN	$27,834	$44,612	$53,343	-11%
40	Newberry CollegeSC	$31,104	$44,549	$51,223	-11%
41	Missouri State UniversityMO	$30,874	$44,424	$57,688	-11%
42	Grambling State UniversityLA	$27,401	$43,532	$52,452	-13%
43	Western Colorado UniversityCO	$27,317	$42,872	$52,839	-14%
44	South Dakota State UniversitySD	$34,188	$42,800	$51,223	-14%
45	Northwest Missouri State UniversityMO	$33,458	$42,709	—	-15%
46	Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO	$31,807	$41,533	$58,363	-17%
47	Central State UniversityOH	$30,205	$41,244	$57,471	-18%
48	North Greenville UniversitySC	$25,504	$39,793	—	-21%
49	University of Maine - MachiasME	$31,266	$38,692	$45,751	-23%
50	State University of New York at PlattsburghNY	$23,669	$34,840	—	-30%
51	Montana State University - BillingsMT	$37,592	—	—	—

Associate

#	University	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	vs national
1	Kingsborough Community College/CUNYNY	$32,953	—	—	—

Certificate (under 1 year)

national median $33,739 · 5 yrs

#	University	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	vs national
1	Northern Arizona UniversityAZ	$48,030	$65,986	—	+96%
2	Norwalk Community CollegeCT	$50,881	$48,096	—	+43%
3	Hocking Technical CollegeOH	$21,704	$33,739	$43,993	0%