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by our College Data Analytics Team
For this year's Best Recreation Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in recreation admin. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent recreation administration programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the recreation administration program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Recreation Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins. Colorado State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. 9,631 of Colorado State students are attending part time.
Read full report on Recreation Administration at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
University of Northern Colorado landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best recreation administration schools for non-traditional students. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley. University of Northern Colorado also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. About 3,468 of the students at University of Northern Colorado are attending part time.
Brigham Young University - Idaho comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, BYU - I has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Recreation Administration in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. 23,058 of BYU - I students are exclusively distance learners. About 26,387 of the students at BYU - I are attending part time.
Explore the best for non-traditional students recreation administration schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
Recreation Administration is one of 4 different types of Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies programs to choose from.
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.
