2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 14 masters’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

$17,652 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.

SRU also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #0. 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 $75-$110k)

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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