by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Recreation Admin Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
Recreation Administration is the 163rd most popular major in the country with 3,122 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, recreation administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,874 and had an average of $23,610 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 392 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,213 and $25,531 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 recreation administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Recreation Admin Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in recreation administration. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their recreation administration program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Recreation Admin Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree recreation admin students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Recreation Admin Major in the Great Lakes Region. Western Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 17 masters’s recreation admin degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Recreation Admin Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s recreation admin students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Recreation Admin Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s recreation admin degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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