2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southwest 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in recreation administration. 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Southwest Region

#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 list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 15 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest 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 UNT are $15,618.

Read more about Recreation Administration at UNT

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s recreation admin degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas State University Recreation Administration Report

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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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