2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$24,500
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 459th most popular major in the country with 870 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 204 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 199 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy.
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Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 9 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 49 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winston - Salem State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. WSSU is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 21 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern University and A & M College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Southern University and A & M College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.
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Longwood University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Farmville, Virginia, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Catawba College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Catawba College is located in Salisbury, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.
Full Catawba Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report
Nova Southeastern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, Benedict College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Benedict College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.
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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
- *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.
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