The main focus area for this major is Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Recreation Administration is a major offered under the parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies program of study at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in recreation admin, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for recreation admin majors, UNH came in at #5. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in New Hampshire.
Here are some of the other rankings for UNH.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UNH paid an average of $1,368 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $645 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $15,520 | $32,860 |
Fees | $3,418 | $3,418 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,242 | $12,242 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,650 | $2,650 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UNH in Recreation Admin walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,325.
The median early career salary of recreation admin students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UNH is $37,100 per year. That is 25% higher than the national average of $29,573.
UNH does not offer an online option for its recreation admin bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNH Online Learning page.
About 62.7% of the students who received their BS in recreation admin in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 51.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in recreation admin at UNH in 2019-2020, 8.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 52 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Recreation Administration students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management | 59 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Physical Education | 51 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.