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

7 Ranked Colleges
232 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 239 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 232 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. ECU is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 60 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ECU is $15,844 for southeast region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students with aid.

Full East Carolina University Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#2

Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winston - Salem State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Winston - Salem State University is $12,286 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students with aid.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Winston - Salem State University

#3

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. WCU is a fairly large public school situated in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It awarded 26 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

WCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,722 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students with aid per year to attend Western Carolina University.

Full Western Carolina University Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#4

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 49 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNCW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNCW is $19,055 for southeast region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNCW Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#5

Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 19 bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern University and A & M College also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Southern University and A & M College is $16,312 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students with aid.

Full Southern University and A & M College Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#6

Longwood University

Farmville, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Longwood University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Farmville, Virginia, this small public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Longwood did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,462 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students with aid per year to attend Longwood University.

Full Longwood University Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#7

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#7 in overall quality

Nova Southeastern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nova Southeastern University is $23,905 for southeast region bachelor’s degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Nova Southeastern University

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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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