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by our College Data Analytics Team
In <nil>, 2,175 people earned their bachelor's in recreation administration, making the major the #128 most popular in the United States.
This year's Best Recreation Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 40 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in recreation admin. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent recreation administration programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the recreation administration program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Recreation Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Our rankings recognize Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Charlotte, JWU Charlotte is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, JWU Charlotte has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration ranking.
The student loan default rate at JWU Charlotte is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 101 students take at least one class online at JWU Charlotte. 31 students are part time.
Full Recreation Administration at Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte Report
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Clemson University. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration ranking.
About 0.6% of Clemson students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,161 students take at least one class online at Clemson. 3,412 of Clemson students are attending part time.
Read full report on Recreation Administration at Clemson University
North Carolina State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration ranking.
The student loan default rate at NC State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 14,604 students take at least one class online at NC State. There are roughly 7,732 part time students in attendance at NC State.
Full Recreation Administration at North Carolina State University Report
Johnson & Wales University - Providence earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
The student loan default rate at JWU Providence is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,004 students at JWU Providence that take at least one class online. About 406 of the students at JWU Providence are attending part time.
Read full report on Recreation Administration at Johnson & Wales University - Providence
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population. UNH also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 3,625 students at UNH that take at least one class online. 1,355 of UNH students are attending part time.
Full Recreation Administration at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report
University of Florida comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. 11,205 of UF students are attending part time.
Read full report on Recreation Administration at University of Florida
Our rankings recognize Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of University Park, Penn State University Park is a public school with a fairly large student population. Penn State University Park not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration list.
About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All students are part time.
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Kean University. Kean is a large public school located in the suburb of Union.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.1%. Approximately 1,503 students take at least one class online at Kean. About 3,314 of the students at Kean are attending part time.
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Recreation Administration is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
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