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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,326 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

Recreation Administration is the #183 most popular major in the country with 441 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.

The Best Value Recreation Administration Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Recreation Administration

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in the United States for recreation administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Recreation Administration at Clemson University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value recreation administration schools in the United States. NC State is a very 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State also did well on our Best Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Recreation Administration at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Recreation Administration by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Physical Education 9,742
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 206
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35
Outdoor Education 28

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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