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Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$27,610 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,066 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree School for You

Recreation Administration is the #163 most popular major in the country with 3,122 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for recreation admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Recreation Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for recreation administration students working on their bachelor’s degree. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg.

BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, recreation admin majors at BYU - I accumulate an average of around $14,998 in student debt.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Northern Colorado is a great value for recreation administration students working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.

University of Northern Colorado undergraduate students pay an average of $23,785 in tuition and fees each year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $359.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado State are $31,470 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, recreation admin majors at Colorado State accumulate an average of around $18,445 in student debt. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $308.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for recreation admin in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value recreation administration schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of I are $27,576 per year.

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Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best recreation administration colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 111
Utah 21
Idaho 59
Montana 0
Wyoming 2

One of 4 majors within the area of study, recreation administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Recreation Admin

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 67,146
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 3,106
Outdoor Education 265
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 174

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Glen Santy.

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