2022 Best Value Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 26 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

$39,571 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 4 ’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students with aid per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Full Austin Community College District Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$15,230 Average Net Price

$40,670 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students with aid.

Read more about Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy at Texas State

• Best Value 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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