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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

3 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 264 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,775 and $22,539 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree recreation admin students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree recreation admin students whose families make $75-$110k list, UNT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Recreation Administration at UNT

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SFASU are $15,695.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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