2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 282 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,611 and $23,895 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

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

#1

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$12,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frostburg State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Frostburg, Maryland, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s recreation admin students in 2019-2020.

Frostburg State also made our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Frostburg State University are $12,790.

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#2

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$17,652 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,231 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 14 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

SRU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania are $17,652.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at SRU

• 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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