Recreation Administration at Marshall University

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

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 11,958 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in recreation admin from Marshall University.

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.

Marshall University Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

Marshall University Recreation Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks recreation admin programs across the country. The following shows how Marshall University 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 Marshall University 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	96

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at Marshall University

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

Marshall University Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 recreation admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Marshall University, about 63% were men and 38% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at Marshall University 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 Marshall 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	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Marshall University 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 WV, the home state for Marshall University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
General and Operations Managers	11,100	$87,430
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	440	$41,990

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.