Recreation Administration at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and approximately 4,483 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from NEC.

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.

NEC Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

NEC Recreation Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks recreation admin programs across the country. The following shows how NEC 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 NEC 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	56

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from NEC. This makes it the #12 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at NEC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the recreation admin majors at New England College.

NEC Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 recreation admin majors earned their bachelor's degree from NEC. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 New England College with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NEC Recreation Administration Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who graduated with a master’s in recreation admin from NEC in 2021, 69% were men and 31% were women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from NEC, 62% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NEC also has a doctoral program available in recreation admin. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Outdoor Education
• 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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
General and Operations Managers	12,860	$126,750
Managers	950	$123,580
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	800	$56,020

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 WikiReminder77 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.