If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in recreation administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #128 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of recreation administration. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 106 bachelor's degrees in recreation administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great Recreation Administration School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The recreation admin bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on recreation administration students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of recreation administration students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for recreation administration to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized recreation administration related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for recreation administration students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Recreation Administration Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Recreation Administration in the Southwest Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in recreation administration.
Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Recreation Admin
It is difficult to beat University of North Texas if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in recreation administration. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, recreation admin bachelor's recipients usually make about $36,857 in the first five years of their career.
It is hard to beat Texas State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in recreation administration. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the recreation admin program make about $32,620 for their early career.
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in recreation administration has to look into Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Located in the town of Weatherford, SWOSU is a public university with a small student population.
Those recreation administration students who get their bachelor's degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University receive $2,512 more than the typical recreation admin grad.
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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).