Recreation Administration at Arkansas Tech University

If you are interested in studying recreation administration, you may want to check out the program at Arkansas Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,276 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas Tech University in 2021, 15 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.

ATU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

ATU Recreation Administration Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The recreation admin major at ATU 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
	42
Most Popular Recreation Administration Schools	52
Best Recreation Administration Schools	59
Most Focused Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68

Earnings of ATU Recreation Admin Graduates

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at ATU is $28,720. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,052 for all recreation admin students.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at ATU

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

ATU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

The recreation admin program at ATU awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at ATU 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 Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

ATU 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 AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
General and Operations Managers	20,440	$87,650
Managers	3,360	$86,410
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,270	$43,010

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 Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.