Recreation Administration at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,157 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University in 2021, 9 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.

CWU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

CWU Recreation Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks recreation admin programs across the country. The following shows how CWU performed in these rankings.

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 CWU 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
Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Recreation Administration Schools	100

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from CWU Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at CWU is $29,276. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,052 for all recreation admin students.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 recreation admin majors earned their bachelor's degree from CWU. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its recreation admin bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CWU 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
General and Operations Managers	47,770	$124,810
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,120	$55,720

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.