2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 287 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

$17,652 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

SRU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SRU are $17,652.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $48-$75k)

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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