2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 26 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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.

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

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

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

#1

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.

Texas State also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Texas State

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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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