2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Texas

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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 199 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,333 and $25,434 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Texas” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Texas

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Recreation Administration in Texas

#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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s recreation admin students in 2019-2020.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Recreation Administration at University of North Texas

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Recreation Admin Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s recreation admin students in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Texas State

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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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