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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$24,864 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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southeast 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for recreation admin majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in the Southeast Region for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

UARK excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at University of Arkansas

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means United States Sports Academy is a great value for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. The Academy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daphne.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Academy are $19,440 per year.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Kentucky University is a great value for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $18,340 per year.

Full Recreation Administration at Western Kentucky University Report

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great value for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. Clemson is a fairly 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Recreation Administration at Clemson University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year.

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

Read full report on Recreation Administration at North Carolina State University

Florida International University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FIU are $24,211 a year.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UF also did well on our Best Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at University of Florida

Eastern Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Recreation Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the town of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern are $13,800 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best value schools for recreation administration students working on their master’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.

Read full report on Recreation Administration at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#10

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for recreation administration students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Old Dominion are $33,288 a year.

Full Recreation Administration at Old Dominion University Report

Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best recreation administration colleges 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 11 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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