Recreation Administration at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,243. In 2021, 47 recreation admin majors received their bachelor's degree from WCU.

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.

WCU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Admin

WCU Recreation Administration Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks recreation admin programs across the country. The following shows how WCU performed in these rankings.

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 WCU 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 Focused Recreation Administration Schools	36

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from WCU Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at WCU is $23,864. 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 WCU

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

WCU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in recreation admin from WCU in 2021, 51% were men and 49% were women. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at WCU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WCU 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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	2,780	$53,210

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.