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Most Popular Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$42,056 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Master's 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's 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 master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

About 71% of the students majoring in recreation admin at the school are women while 29% are male.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public school with a large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in recreation admin at the school are women while 40% are male.

Full Recreation Administration at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Report

#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular recreation administration schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

Full Recreation Administration at Central Michigan University 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 3 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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