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2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate

8 Ranked Colleges
82 Degrees Awarded
$6,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 423rd most popular major in the country with 969 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

#1

Bronx Community College

Bronx, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bronx Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate list. Bronx, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students list, BCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BCC is $4,069 for associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

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#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate list. Ridgewater College is a small school located in Willmar, Minnesota that handed out 6 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Ridgewater College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ridgewater College is $11,764 for associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

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#3

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LaGuardia Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate. LaGuardia Community College is a public institution located in Long Island City, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LaGuardia also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend LaGuardia Community College is $6,766 for associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

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#4

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate. Manchester Community College is a public institution located in Manchester, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $7,142 for associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

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#5

Western Piedmont Community College

Morganton, North Carolina
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate. WPCC is located in Morganton, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.

WPCC also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Western Piedmont Community College is $3,663 for Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#5 in overall quality

Austin Community College District landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

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#6 in overall quality

Northwestern Connecticut Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. NCCC is a small school located in Winsted, Connecticut that handed out 1 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

NCCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern Connecticut Community College is $6,420 for Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

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#8

Pitt Community College

Winterville, North Carolina
#8 in overall quality

Pitt Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate ranking. Pitt Community College is a public institution located in Winterville, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pitt Community College is $3,478 for Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

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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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