2026 Best Recreation Administration Schools in Tennessee
Recreation Administration programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for recreation administration students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Recreation Administration in Tennessee
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the recreation administration degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Recreation Administration
Middle Tennessee State University tops our 2026 ranking of the best recreation administration schools. Located in the city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public university. Middle Tennessee State University graduates 54% of students within six years. Middle Tennessee State University awarded about 64 recreation administration degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their recreation administration degree from Middle Tennessee State University earn around $30,350 in the first couple years of their career. Middle Tennessee State University graduates carry a median of $28,545 in student loans.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
