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Most Popular Recreation Administration Schools in Kentucky

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2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Schools in Kentucky

2 Colleges
$33,774 Avg Salary
$28,688 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Recreation Administration School for You

With 89 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, recreation administration is the #34 most popular major in Kentucky.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky to see which ones were the most popular 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Recreation Administration Colleges.

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our 2023 rankings named Western Kentucky University the most popular school in Kentucky for recreation administration students. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Western Kentucky University

The excellent programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best recreation administration schools in Kentucky. Eastern is a large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

Full Recreation Administration at Eastern Kentucky University Report

Best Recreation Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Recreation Administration Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 2
Florida 30
North Carolina 60
Tennessee 0
Alabama 1
South Carolina 45
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 21
West Virginia 4

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 2 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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