2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 969 people earned their degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, making the major the 423rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 14 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$14,388 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saint Charles, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $14,388 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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