2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $0-$30k) in Florida

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Recreation Administration is the 147th most popular major in the country with 3,605 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, recreation administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,523 and had an average of $24,159 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 433 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,250 and $20,238 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in recreation administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality recreation administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the recreation administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $0-$30k) in Florida

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s recreation admin degrees to qualified students.

UF also took the #0 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UF Recreation Administration Report

#2

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,638 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s recreation admin degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211.

Read more about Recreation Administration at FIU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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