2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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 Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree recreation admin students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #1 spot 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Recreation Administration at University of North Texas

#2

Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, Texas

$15,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stephen F Austin State University are $15,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at SFASU

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Getting Aid list. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took 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 are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Texas State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration (With Aid)

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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