2025 Best Recreation Administration Schools in Illinois
2Colleges in Illinois
157Recreation Admin Degrees Awarded
$34,812Avg Early-Career Salary
Recreation Administration is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #163 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Recreation Administration Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 157 degrees in recreation administration annually.
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Best Schools for Recreation Administration in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of recreation admin degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Illinois State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in recreation administration. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population.
Those recreation administration students who get their degree from Illinois State University receive $4,292 more than the average recreation admin graduate.
Western Illinois University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in recreation administration. WIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Macomb.
Soon after graduating, recreation admin degree recipients typically earn an average of $31,517 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
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