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2023 Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$15,644 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, recreation administration was ranked #183 in the country. In fact 441 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

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

Best Recreation Administration Graduate Certificate School

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Our analysis found Central Michigan University to be the best value school for recreation administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.

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Best Recreation Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best recreation administration colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 10
Illinois 17
Wisconsin 10

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 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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