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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in Pennsylvania

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

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 Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 150 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,620 and $25,990 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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 Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in Pennsylvania

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn State University Park, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Pennsylvania State University - University Park Recreation Administration Report

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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