Recreation Administration at Appalachian State University

If you plan to study recreation administration, take a look at what Appalachian State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and has a total student population of 20,023. Of the 4,368 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University in 2021, 59 of them were recreation administration majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Recreation Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Appalachian State Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

Appalachian State Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at Appalachian State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The recreation admin major at Appalachian State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Recreation Administration. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Value Recreation Administration Schools	51

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from Appalachian State Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Appalachian State is $22,764. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,052 for all recreation admin students.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at Appalachian State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the recreation admin majors at Appalachian State University.

Appalachian State Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 recreation admin majors earned their bachelor's degree from Appalachian State. Of these graduates, 59% were men and 41% were women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at Appalachian State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Appalachian State also has a doctoral program available in recreation admin. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health & Physical Education

Careers That Recreation Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in recreation admin can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$53,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.