Recreation Administration at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695. In 2021, 23 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from Michigan 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.

Michigan State Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

Michigan State Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Popular Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32

Earnings of Michigan State Recreation Admin Graduates

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Michigan State is $26,719. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,052 for all recreation admin students.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 recreation admin majors earned their bachelor's degree from Michigan State. Of these graduates, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Michigan State 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
General and Operations Managers	58,140	$122,160
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,770	$47,880

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.