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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$24,360 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Recreation Administration

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our analysis found Western Kentucky University to be the best value school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

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

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value recreation administration schools in the United States. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

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

Clemson also claimed a spot on our Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for recreation administration students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

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

Colorado State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for recreation administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

Full Recreation Administration at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus 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 6 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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