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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Great Lakes Region

9 Ranked Colleges
227 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 870 people earned their degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, making the major the 459th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 246 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 227 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. That schools that top this list have a program in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

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Calvin University
Grand Rapids, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Calvin University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Calvin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Allendale, Michigan, this large public school awarded 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Aurora University
Aurora, Illinois

Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the #5 spot on the list. Aurora is a private not-for-profit institution located in Aurora, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Aurora

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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Central Michigan University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Central Michigan

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With a ranking of #7, Indiana Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Fort Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Eastern Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Michigan University Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

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Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

Indiana State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Indiana State University Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

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