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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$22,101 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

Our analysis found Southwestern Oklahoma State University to be the best value school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the remote town of Weatherford, SWOSU is a public school with a small student population.

SWOSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,023 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, recreation admin graduates from SWOSU carry an average student debtload of $21,663.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.

UNT undergraduate students pay an average of $20,906 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, recreation admin majors at UNT accumulate an average of around $26,730 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $301.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $22,559 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, recreation admin graduates from Texas State carry an average student debtload of $22,021. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $302, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCO are $18,917 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Incarnate Word. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIW are $33,100 a year.

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Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best recreation administration schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 174
Arizona 1
Oklahoma 39

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 5 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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