Recreation Administration at University of Central Oklahoma

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

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 14,132. Of the 2,442 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Oklahoma in 2021, 8 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.

UCO Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

UCO Recreation Administration Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The recreation admin major at UCO 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
	37
Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Best Recreation Administration Schools	46

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at UCO

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

UCO Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

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

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at UCO are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
• 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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
General and Operations Managers	25,770	$104,860
Managers	1,780	$102,710
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,330	$44,790

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.