Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies programs in California
17 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in California
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary in California earn a median of $127,780 a year across 1,950 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Hancock College Santa Maria | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Allan Hancock College Santa Maria | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| American River College Sacramento | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| College of the Canyons Santa Clarita | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Cuesta College San Luis Obispo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Cypress College Cypress | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Feather River Community College District Quincy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Feather River Community College District Quincy | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Fresno City College Fresno | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Fresno City College Fresno | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake Tahoe | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Palomar College San Marcos | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Sierra College Rocklin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Sierra College Rocklin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Simpson University Redding | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.