2023 Most Focused Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in Connecticut

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 “Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 20 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 Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in Connecticut

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

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in Connecticut

1

Manchester Community College
Manchester, Connecticut

#23 overall quality in Connecticut

$35,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

$8,875 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Manchester, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Winsted, Connecticut

$37,024 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,795 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in Connecticut list. Located in Winsted, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students 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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