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2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Recreation Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

Recreation Administration is the #183 most popular major in the country with 441 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Recreation Administration Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Recreation Administration program at each school on the list.

Check out the recreation admin doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the most popular school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

Of the 5 students majoring in recreation admin at Clemson, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for recreation administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Full Recreation Administration at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular recreation administration schools in the United States. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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#4

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Arkansas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular recreation administration schools in the United States. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

Full Recreation Administration at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Recreation Administration by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 4 majors within the area of study, recreation administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 9,742
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 206
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35
Outdoor Education 28

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Glen Santy.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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