Recreation Administration at Florida International University

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

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 58,836. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 243 students received a bachelor's degree in recreation admin from FIU.

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.

FIU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at FIU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

FIU Recreation Administration Rankings

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

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 FIU 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 Popular Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value Recreation Administration Schools	16
	18

In 2021, 24 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from FIU. This makes it the #5 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of FIU Recreation Admin Graduates

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at FIU is $32,195. This is 0% higher than $32,052, which is the national average for all recreation admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of recreation admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% 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 Florida International University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	130
White	37
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

FIU Recreation Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students graduated with a master's degree in recreation admin from FIU. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the recreation admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

FIU 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 FL, the home state for Florida International University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
General and Operations Managers	123,800	$112,600
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	8,870	$48,010

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 Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.