2026 Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate’s Degree Schools
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 67 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the United States
See the highest-ranked therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy schools offering a associate’s degree below.
Top Schools in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
Our analysis ranked Fremont College the best school in the country for a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Fremont College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cerritos. Fremont College awarded about 11 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degree from Fremont College earn around $17,956 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $20,000.
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Other Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Degree Levels
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 67 schools evaluated.
- 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).
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