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2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Ranked Colleges
208 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 287 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 208 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 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.

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 a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. SRU is a medium-sized school located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania that handed out 45 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

SRU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is $19,926 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

#2

Lehman College

Bronx, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehman College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Lehman is a fairly large school located in Bronx, New York that handed out 40 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lehman is $1,814 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

Full Lehman Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#3

SUNY Cortland

Cortland, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Cortland is a public institution located in Cortland, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Cortland, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cortland is $18,705 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full SUNY Cortland Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#4

Kean University

Union, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Kean is a fairly large public school situated in Union, New Jersey. It awarded 3 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kean, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kean University is $18,604 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

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#5

Utica College

Utica, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utica College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Utica College is a small school located in Utica, New York that handed out 12 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students list, Utica College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Utica College is $22,471 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Temple University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Temple University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple is $23,521 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Temple Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#7

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Ithaca College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Ithaca is a medium-sized school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Ithaca did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ithaca College is $33,465 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Ithaca Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

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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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