If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in recreation administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #128 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 bachelor's degrees in recreation administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on recreation administration students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of recreation administration students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for recreation administration to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized recreation administration related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for recreation administration students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Recreation Administration Schools
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
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It is difficult to beat University of North Texas if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in recreation administration. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population.
Those recreation administration students who get their bachelor's degree from University of North Texas earn $2,119 more than the average recreation admin graduate.
It is difficult to beat Texas State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in recreation administration. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the recreation admin program make around $32,620 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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
