2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,605 people earned their degree in recreation administration, making the major the 147th most popular in the United States. 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 Kentucky, there were 171 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,267 and $28,753 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in recreation administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great recreation administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the recreation administration program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,618 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s recreation admin degrees to 66 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340.

Read more about Recreation Administration at Western Kentucky University

#2

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,059 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 6 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern are $14,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Recreation Administration at Eastern Kentucky University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $30-$48k)

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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