Recreation Administration at Western Kentucky University

Every recreation administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the recreation admin program at Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,055 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 22 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.

WKU Recreation Administration Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WKU does offer online courses in recreation admin for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WKU Recreation Administration Rankings

The recreation admin major at WKU 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, 72 students received their master’s degree in recreation admin from WKU. This makes it the #1 most popular school for recreation admin master’s degree candidates in the country.

Recreation Admin Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 recreation admin students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WKU, about 64% were men and 36% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in recreation admin at WKU 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 Kentucky University with a bachelor's in recreation admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WKU Recreation Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of recreation admin master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Of the students who received a recreation admin master's degree from WKU, 65% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the recreation admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	47
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WKU 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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
General and Operations Managers	30,240	$89,750
Managers	3,260	$92,630
Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Supervisors	1,250	$45,210

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
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.