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2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

7 Colleges
$26,077 Avg Salary
$17,818 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Associate Degree School for You

Recreation Administration is the #163 most popular major in the country with 3,122 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Recreation Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Recreation Administration program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for recreation admin majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Madison Area Technical College the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for recreation administration students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 36% of the recreation admin majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gogebic Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Ironwood, Gogebic Community College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a great place for recreation administration students working on their associate degree. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moraine Valley Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. MVCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Palos Hills.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

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Lakeland Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for recreation administration students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kirtland, Lakeland is a public college with a small student population.

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Southeastern Illinois College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree recreation administration programs. SIC is a small public school located in the rural area of Harrisburg.

Full Recreation Administration at Southeastern Illinois College Report

Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best recreation administration colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 48
Ohio 15
Illinois 186
Indiana 88
Wisconsin 53

One of 4 majors within the area of study, recreation administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 67,146
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 3,106
Outdoor Education 265
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 174

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Glen Santy.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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