2023 Most Focused Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 459th most popular major in the country with 870 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 33 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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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The therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region”.

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Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

Top 6 Most Focused Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the New England Region

1

Unity College
Unity, Maine

$25,195 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,053 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Unity College is a small school located in Unity, Maine that handed out 6 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Manchester Community College
Manchester, Connecticut

$35,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

$8,875 Average Student Debt

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Manchester, Connecticut, and it awarded 9 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts

$45,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,219 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Springfield College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region. Springfield College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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4

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

$42,906 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,664 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 2 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy 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%.

Full University of Southern Maine Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

5

Regis College
Weston, Massachusetts

$53,227 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,464 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Regis College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Weston, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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6

Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Winsted, Connecticut

$37,024 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,795 Average Student Debt

Northwestern Connecticut Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Winsted, Connecticut, and it awarded 3 ’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

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