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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota, there were 36 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,100 and $23,625 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great recreation administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the recreation administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree recreation admin students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $48-$75k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 10 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Recreation Administration at South Dakota State

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