Recreation Administration at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 75 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from Colorado State.

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.

Colorado State Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin
• Master’s Degree in Recreation Admin
• Doctorate Degree in Recreation Admin

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Colorado State does offer online courses in recreation admin for the following degree levels:

Colorado State Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at Colorado State 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 Colorado 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular Recreation Administration Schools	6
Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from Colorado State. This makes it the #22 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in recreation admin, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Colorado State Recreation Admin Graduates

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado State is $27,454. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,052 for all recreation admin students.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at Colorado State

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

Colorado State Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of recreation admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Colorado State since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at Colorado 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	58
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Colorado State Recreation Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 recreation admin majors earned their master's degree from Colorado State. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from Colorado State, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the recreation admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Colorado State also has a doctoral program available in recreation admin. In 2021, 3 students 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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
General and Operations Managers	39,200	$131,920
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,350	$56,240

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.