Recreation Administration is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #164 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of recreation administration. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 master's degrees in recreation administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on recreation administration students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of recreation administration students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt recreation administration students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized recreation administration related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for recreation administration students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Recreation Administration Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Recreation Administration Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Every student who is interested in a master's degree in recreation administration needs to check out North Carolina State University. NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh.
Students who graduate with their master's from the recreation admin program report average early career wages of $45,117.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
