Recreation Administration at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269.

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.

WVU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

WVU Recreation Administration Rankings

The recreation admin major at WVU 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.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of recreation admin bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at WVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU Recreation Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of recreation admin master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from WVU, 75% 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 West Virginia 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	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Recreation Administration

Recreation Administration majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at West Virginia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management	32

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
General and Operations Managers	11,100	$87,430
Managers	1,880	$77,290
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	440	$41,990

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.