2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the New England region, there were 47 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the New England Region

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,142 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Located in Manchester, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Manchester Community College is $7,142 for New England Region Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

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#2

Northwestern Connecticut Community College

Winsted, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$6,420 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. NCCC is a small public school situated in Winsted, Connecticut. It awarded 1 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

NCCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NCCC is $6,420 for New England Region Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

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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