Recreation Administration at Eastern Kentucky University

What traits are you looking for in a recreation admin school? To help you decide if Eastern Kentucky University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's recreation admin program.

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 26 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from Eastern.

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.

Eastern Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

Eastern Recreation Administration Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The recreation admin major at Eastern 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 Master’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Recreation Administration Schools	62

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

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from Eastern Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern is $25,541. This is less than $32,052, which is the national average of all recreation admin majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of recreation admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 Eastern since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Eastern Recreation Administration Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from Eastern, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Eastern 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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,250	$45,210

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 Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.