Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #459 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 degrees in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Texas State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This university ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 21 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
Austin Community College District is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 33rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 3 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students who graduated with this degree at Austin Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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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