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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,730 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,066 Avg Salary

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

With 73 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, recreation administration is the #80 most popular major in Arkansas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for recreation admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Recreation Administration

#1

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas Tech University the best value school in Arkansas for recreation administration students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

ATU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Recreation Administration at Arkansas Tech University Report

#2

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Henderson State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value recreation administration schools in Arkansas. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the town of Arkadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Henderson State University are $7,560 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, recreation admin majors at Henderson State University accumulate an average of around $28,408 in student debt.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Henderson State University

Best Value Recreation Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Recreation Administration Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 83
Virginia 51
North Carolina 350
Florida 391
Tennessee 52
Kentucky 145
South Carolina 181
Alabama 6
Mississippi 33
West Virginia 41

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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