2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

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 $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,295 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Manchester, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $7,295 for connecticut associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Northwestern Connecticut Community College

Winsted, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$6,297 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Winsted, Connecticut, and it awarded 1 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

NCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. It costs about $6,297 for connecticut associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $30-$48k)

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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