2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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 a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the New England region, there were 47 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for new england region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students with aid.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at University of Southern Maine

#2

Springfield College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$30,134 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Springfield College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Springfield College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,134 for new england region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students with aid per year to attend Springfield College.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Springfield College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy (With Aid)

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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