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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,158 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,940 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Recreation Administration School for You

With 57 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, recreation administration is the #151 most popular major in Minnesota.

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

The Best Value Recreation Administration Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Minnesota to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Schools in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Recreation Administration Colleges.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Recreation Administration

#1

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN
$9,170 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Saint Cloud State University to be the best value school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

St. Cloud State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that recreation admin majors at St. Cloud State University take out is $27,000.

Full Recreation Administration at Saint Cloud State University Report

$9,146 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for recreation administration students. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,146 a year. While working on their degree, recreation admin majors at Minnesota State Mankato accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

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Best Value Recreation Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 39
Kansas 22
Iowa 1
Nebraska 8
North Dakota 0
South Dakota 25

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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