by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” 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 New York, there were 112 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. To top this list, a school must have a successful therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehman College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s. Bronx, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cortland. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s. SUNY Cortland is a public institution located in Cortland, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full SUNY Cortland Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utica College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. Utica, New York 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 11 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Utica College Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ithaca College landed the #4 spot on the list. Ithaca College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Thomas Aquinas College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. STAC is located in Sparkill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.
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The Graduate Center, CUNY ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full The Graduate Center Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
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