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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,745 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Recreation Administration School for You

Recreation Administration is the #91 most popular major in South Dakota with 25 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Recreation Administration Schools in South Dakota ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Recreation Administration Colleges.

Best Recreation Administration School

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for recreation administration students. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year. After completing their degree, recreation admin graduates from South Dakota State carry an average student debtload of $25,745.

South Dakota State also made our Best Recreation Administration Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

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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
Minnesota 57
Kansas 22
Iowa 1
Nebraska 8
North Dakota 0

One of 4 majors within the area of study, recreation administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Recreation Admin

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 values are for the top school 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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