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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$15,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,056 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for recreation admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the recreation admin master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Recreation Administration

Our analysis found Western Illinois University to be the best value school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is a great value for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public college with a large student population.

UW - La Crosse graduate students pay an average of $20,073 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW - La Crosse is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 per year.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at Central Michigan University

Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 48
Ohio 15
Illinois 186
Indiana 88
Wisconsin 53

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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