2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 239 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southeast Region

#1

Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$16,684 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Southern University and A & M College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern University and A & M College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern University and A & M College are $16,684.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Southern University and A & M College

• Best Value Master’s 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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