Recreation Administration at Old Dominion University

Every recreation administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the recreation admin program at Old Dominion University stacks up to those at other schools.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286. Of the 4,024 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in 2021, 49 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.

Old Dominion Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

Old Dominion Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at Old Dominion compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Old Dominion 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
Best Recreation Administration Schools	21
Most Popular Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools	24
Best Value Recreation Administration Schools	45

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from Old Dominion. This makes it the #25 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from Old Dominion Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $33,106. This is 3% higher than $32,052, which is the national average for all recreation admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in recreation admin from Old Dominion. About 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 34% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at Old Dominion are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Old Dominion Recreation Administration Master’s Program

Of the 2 recreation admin students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Old Dominion, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the recreation admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

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

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

Old Dominion 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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
General and Operations Managers	52,440	$142,000
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,670	$50,160

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.