2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 459th most popular major in the country with 877 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the New England region, there were 45 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,012 and $13,730 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. That schools that top this list have a program in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. MCC is located in Manchester, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Connecticut Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Major in the New England Region list. Northwestern Connecticut Community College is located in Winsted, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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