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. In 2021, 28 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from WVU.

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.

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from WVU. This makes it the #21 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from WVU Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $19,620. This is less than $32,052, which is the national average of all recreation admin majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in recreation admin from WVU in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women.

About 93% 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	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WVU Recreation Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 recreation admin majors earned their master's degree from WVU. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from WVU, 100% 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	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU 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 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.