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2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

1 Ranked Colleges
$38,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent recreation administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the recreation administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree recreation admin students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #1 spot on the list.

Penn State University Park also made our “Best Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Pennsylvania State University - University Park

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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