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2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
133 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Plains States region, there were 158 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,900 and $23,668 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 133 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in recreation administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality recreation administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,221 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Recreation Admin students with aid per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Recreation Administration at Minnesota State Mankato

#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s recreation admin degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $14,267 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Recreation Admin students with aid per year to attend St. Cloud State University.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at St. Cloud State University

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree recreation admin students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Recreation Administration at South Dakota State

#4

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri Western State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s recreation admin students in 2019-2020.

Missouri Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $10,958 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Recreation Admin students with aid per year to attend Missouri Western.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Missouri Western

#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 23 bachelors’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Recreation Admin students with aid per year to attend K -State.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full K -State Recreation Administration Report

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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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