Recreation Administration at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,560 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 37 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.

WIU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

WIU Recreation Administration Rankings

The recreation admin major at WIU 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, 17 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from WIU. This makes it the #10 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Recreation Admin Graduates from WIU Make?

The median salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $30,838. 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 WIU

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

WIU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a bachelor's degree in recreation admin from WIU. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men. The typical recreation admin bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at WIU 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 Illinois University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WIU Recreation Administration Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 recreation admin majors earned their master's degree from WIU. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from WIU, 82% 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 Western Illinois University with a master's in recreation admin.

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

WIU 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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	3,570	$54,340

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.