2026 Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in Texas
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 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 Texas
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
Our analysis ranked Texas State University San Marcos the best school in the country for a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State University San Marcos is a very large public university. Texas State University San Marcos graduates 55% of students within six years. Texas State University San Marcos awarded about 12 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in the most recent data year. Graduates of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program make about $58,664 in their early career. Texas State University San Marcos graduates carry a median of $23,659 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
