2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $48-$75k) in North Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 North Carolina, there were 445 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,800 and $29,837 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in recreation administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent recreation administration programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $48-$75k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,696 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k. North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Recreation Administration at North Carolina State University

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s recreation admin degrees to qualified students.

UNC Greensboro also made our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at UNC Greensboro

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $48-$75k)

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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