Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is a concentration offered under the rehabilitation and therapeutic professions major at Western Carolina University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at WCU paid an average of $332 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $173 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $1,000 | $5,000 |
Fees | $3,285 | $3,285 |
Books and Supplies | $616 | $616 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,954 | $10,954 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,019 | $3,019 |
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WCU does not offer an online option for its therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WCU Online Learning page.
About 88.5% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 91.6%.
Around 23.1% of therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy bachelor’s degree recipients at WCU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 19 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.