Recreation Administration at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

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

JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 5,676 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,075 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Johnson & Wales University - Providence in 2021, 71 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.

JWU Providence Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

JWU Providence Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at JWU Providence 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 JWU Providence 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 Schools	6
Best Recreation Administration Schools	25

Earnings of JWU Providence Recreation Admin Graduates

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at JWU Providence is $32,446. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $32,052 for all recreation admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at JWU Providence

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the recreation admin majors at Johnson & Wales University - Providence.

JWU Providence Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 71 recreation admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from JWU Providence, about 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at JWU Providence since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at JWU Providence are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johnson & Wales University - Providence with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	47
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

JWU Providence 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 RI, the home state for Johnson & Wales University - Providence.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
General and Operations Managers	5,730	$155,910
Managers	830	$114,660
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	480	$62,420

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.