2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut, there were 27 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,719 and $18,083 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut 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 Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.

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

#1

Northwestern Connecticut Community College

Winsted, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$6,021 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Connecticut Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Winsted, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

NCCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NCCC is $6,021 for Connecticut Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$6,570 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k list. MCC is a small school located in Manchester, Connecticut that handed out 2 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $6,570 for Connecticut Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

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