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Most Popular Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Oklahoma State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Full Recreation Administration at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Recreation Administration at University of North Texas Report

Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best recreation administration schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 174
Arizona 1
Oklahoma 39

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 2 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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