Recreation Administration at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 44 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from SCSU.

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.

SCSU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

SCSU Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at SCSU 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 SCSU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Recreation Administration Schools	9
	22
Best Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools	22
Best Value Recreation Administration Schools	58

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from SCSU. This makes it the #4 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SCSU Recreation Admin Graduates

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at SCSU is $32,442. This is 1% higher than $32,052, which is the national average for all recreation admin bachelor's degree recipients.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at SCSU

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

SCSU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 recreation admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SCSU, 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 SCSU since its program graduates 34% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at SCSU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SCSU Recreation Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of recreation admin master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from SCSU, 81% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SCSU 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 CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
General and Operations Managers	30,330	$155,890
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,310	$60,270

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.