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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 26 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 $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$4,362 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $4,362 for southwest region associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Austin Community College District Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

• 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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