Is a Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management degree worth it?
Across 51 schools, graduates of Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management earn a median $47,171 five years out on $23,000 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$47,171
Median debt
$23,000
Years to pay off
4.7
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
6%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+3.5%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
7.1%
$50,376 vs $46,806
Net price
$17,915/yr
Debt-test failures
7.3%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$13,682
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.