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Most Popular Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$42,056 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Master's Degree School for You

With 186 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, recreation administration is the #120 most popular major in Illinois.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Illinois 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 school below is the most popular for recreation admin majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular school in Illinois for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in recreation admin at WIU, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Best Recreation Administration Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Recreation Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 48
Ohio 15
Indiana 88
Wisconsin 53

Recreation Administration is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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 values are for the top school 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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