Best Recreation Worker programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment
Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities.
2 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 6 people a year. The job pays a median of $37,040 in New Hampshire across about 2,030 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in New Hampshire that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
1 programs in New Hampshire that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in New Hampshire (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Hampshire page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outdoor Educationmain feeder CIP 31.0601In New Hampshire → | 6 | 100.0% | 2 | $21,737 | — |
Top 2 schools in New Hampshire
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 2 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Outdoor Education | — | 52% | — | 88% |
| 2 | New England College Henniker, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Outdoor Education | — | 35% | $30,086 | 92% |
All 2 schools in New Hampshire
Every school in New Hampshire with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth State University | Plymouth | Public | 4 | 1 |
| New England College | Henniker | Private not-for-profit | 2 | 1 |
What recreation workers earn in New Hampshire
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $36,560. New Hampshire pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: New Hampshire employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in New Hampshire
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Recreation Workers page.
How to become a Recreation Worker
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in New Hampshire
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Recreation Workers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 31.0601Outdoor Education
Common questions
Answers for people weighing recreation workers programs in New Hampshire.
What degree do you need to become a Recreation Worker?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Outdoor Education, which awarded 6 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Recreation Worker?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Outdoor Education. Together they graduate about 6 people a year in New Hampshire.
How much do recreation workers earn in New Hampshire?+
The median is $37,040 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.3% above the U.S. median of $36,560. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for recreation workers growing?+
BLS projects a +4.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 68,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+
2 institutions in New Hampshire reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do recreation workers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Activity Aide, Activity Director, Activities Director, Recreation Supervisor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 39-9032.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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