Recreation Administration at University of North Texas

What traits are you looking for in a recreation admin school? To help you decide if University of North Texas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's recreation admin program.

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 40,953. Of the 8,156 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Texas in 2021, 60 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.

UNT Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

UNT Recreation Administration Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the recreation admin progam at UNT 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 UNT 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 Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Recreation Administration Schools	31

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from UNT. This makes it the #6 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from UNT Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNT is $33,035. 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 UNT

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

UNT Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 recreation admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNT, about 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at UNT are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 North Texas with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNT Recreation Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of recreation admin master's degrees went to men and 45% went to 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 University of North Texas with a master's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNT 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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	6,120	$47,900

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.