2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 North Carolina, there were 166 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 162 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina

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

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in North Carolina

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Catawba College
Salisbury, North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Catawba College landed the #1 spot on the list. Catawba College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salisbury, North Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Winston - Salem State University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Winston - Salem State University landed the #2 spot on the list. WSSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 21 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina

#9 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a fairly large public school situated in Wilmington, North Carolina. It awarded 57 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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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Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

#15 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Carolina University is a fairly large public school situated in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It awarded 27 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in North Carolina list. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 49 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.