2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Southeast Region

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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Southeast region, there were 1,622 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,692 and $25,637 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

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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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 Southeast 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 Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Southeast Region

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 doctorate’s recreation admin degrees to qualified students.

Clemson also took the #1 spot in our “Best Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clemson University Recreation Administration Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s recreation admin students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Recreation Administration at North Carolina State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration

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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