2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 969 people earned their degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy, making the major the 423rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 287 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 48 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Bronx Community College

Bronx, New York

#1 in overall quality

$3,550 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bronx Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Bronx, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

BCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BCC is $3,550 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York

#2 in overall quality

$6,135 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, LaGuardia Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. LaGuardia Community College is a fairly large school located in Long Island City, New York that handed out 21 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

LaGuardia also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,135 for middle atlantic region associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend LaGuardia Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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