2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 423rd most popular major in the country with 969 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 10 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Aurora University

Aurora, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$14,103 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Aurora University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Aurora, Illinois, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Aurora also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Aurora is $14,103 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Aurora University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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