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.
There was only one school in South Dakota to review for the 2025 Best Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota.
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South Dakota State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in recreation administration. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Brookings.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the recreation admin program report average early career wages of $38,076.
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).
