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Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,468 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

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

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Recreation Administration

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our analysis found Western Kentucky University to be the best value school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WKU graduate students pay an average of $18,340 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great value for recreation administration students working on their graduate certificate. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.

Clemson excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value recreation administration schools in the Southeast Region . NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 5% of our Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 83
Virginia 51
North Carolina 350
Florida 391
Tennessee 52
Kentucky 145
South Carolina 181
Arkansas 73
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 3 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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