When it comes to popularity, an associate degree in recreation administration sits in the middle of the road, ranking #161 out of 328 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
There was only one school in the Far Western US Region to review for the 2025 Best Recreation Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Associate Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
The recreation admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Recreation Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in recreation administration needs to check out Professional Golfers Career College. PGCC is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the midsize city of Temecula.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the recreation admin program earn about $30,064 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
